Living through the ChatGPT boom, it is interesting to read this article “Is ChatGPT Aware?“:
“Polanyi’s paradox, named in honor of the philosopher and polymath Michael Polanyi, states that “we know more than we can tell.” He means that most of our knowledge is tacit and cannot be easily formalized with words. In The Tacit Dimension, Polanyi gives the example of recognizing a face without being able to tell what facial features humans use to make such a distinction.“
It brings back some of my related thoughts on “Business Rules and Tacit Knowledge” from 7 years ago. It described how “Human Learning” and “Decision Modeling” were moving in opposite directions. Will we see a change?
The article is very interesting and I agree with some of the points. I think that ChatGPT isaware of the potential for tacit knowledge and is working on ways to include it in their products.