Quiz: Debugging

1. How does the Hubble Space Telescope's flaw apply to working with AI?

AI has the same optical problems as Hubble Just as NASA couldn't fix Hubble's mirror but added corrective optics, you can't retrain the model but can add corrective prompting to compensate for known weaknesses Both Hubble and AI orbit the Earth Hubble was fixed by AI

2. When applying the Five Whys to 'AI gave me wrong information', what are you actually doing?

Asking AI five questions Tracing backwards through the chain of causes — from wrong output to vague prompt to missing context to unclear goal — until you find the root cause you can actually fix Complaining five times until AI gets it right Restarting the AI five times

3. What does Grace Hopper's 'first computer bug' teach us about AI failures?

AI is infested with insects Every bad AI output is literally a bug — the system did exactly what you told it to do, not what you meant. The gap between instruction and intent is where debugging starts Bugs only exist in old computers AI cannot produce bugs

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