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You'll find this word showing up in discussions of eyewitness testimony at crime scenes, of lie detectors, and of critical airplane parts. Some of us are most familiar with the fallibility of memory, especially when we remember something clearly that turns out never to have happened. Being fallible is part of being human, and sometimes the biggest errors are made by those who are thought of as the most brilliant of all.
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Helberg is certain that, regardless of the fallibility of AI detection software, professors and college admissions staffers are well aware when applicants write their personal essays with AI because the submissions tend to be, well, robotic.
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Brad Tuttle, Hartford Courant, 6 Jan. 2025
The notion that this would pay off 10,000 years later in Paul Atreides would seem to point to the Sisterhood’s discipline and focus throughout multiple generations, which flies in the face of the notion of human fallibility.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2024
And given those current fallibilities, games against Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool are far from ideal.
—Sam Lee, The Athletic, 21 Nov. 2024
Whether they’re called bugs, worms, daemons, or gremlins, these unpredictable pests in the machines remind us of not only our fallibility, but our hubris.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 23 Oct. 2024
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Brad Tuttle, Hartford Courant, 6 Jan. 2025
The notion that this would pay off 10,000 years later in Paul Atreides would seem to point to the Sisterhood’s discipline and focus throughout multiple generations, which flies in the face of the notion of human fallibility.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2024
And given those current fallibilities, games against Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool are far from ideal.
—Sam Lee, The Athletic, 21 Nov. 2024
Whether they’re called bugs, worms, daemons, or gremlins, these unpredictable pests in the machines remind us of not only our fallibility, but our hubris.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 23 Oct. 2024
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“Fallibility.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fallibility. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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