Does something have to be true to be useful? "Everyone knows" torture isn't actually useful because people will say anything to make it stop so you can't rely on anything said. But the really-real truth is that people using torture aren't looking for admissible testimony, they're looking for tips to investigate.
I think AI in its current incarnation is similar. It may not reliably produce a perfect finished product, but it creates something interesting enough, often enough, that it's still worth using.
Good enough for a draft of a news story summarizing multiple inputs? Sure. (But edit, review and fact check, just like you're supposed to do with human-written stories.) Good enough to drive a car? Sometimes, under ideal conditions. Good enough to make targeting decisions for a drone? Absolutely not.
I think AI in its current incarnation is similar. It may not reliably produce a perfect finished product, but it creates something interesting enough, often enough, that it's still worth using.
Good enough for a draft of a news story summarizing multiple inputs? Sure. (But edit, review and fact check, just like you're supposed to do with human-written stories.) Good enough to drive a car? Sometimes, under ideal conditions. Good enough to make targeting decisions for a drone? Absolutely not.