In Defense of the Black Box. Holm, E. A. 364(6435):26–27. Paper doi abstract bibtex he science fiction writer Douglas Adams imagined the greatest computer ever built, Deep Thought, programmed to answer the deepest question ever asked: the Great Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything. After 7.5 million years of processing, Deep Thought revealed its answer: Forty-two (1). As artificial intelligence (AI) systems enter every sector of human endeavor - including science, engineering, and health - humanity is confronted by the same conundrum that Adams encapsulated so succinctly: What good is knowing the answer when it is unclear why it is the answer? What good is a black box?
@article{holmDefenseBlackBox2019,
title = {In Defense of the Black Box},
author = {Holm, Elizabeth A.},
date = {2019},
journaltitle = {Science},
volume = {364},
pages = {26--27},
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urldate = {2019-04-08},
abstract = {he science fiction writer Douglas Adams imagined the greatest computer ever built, Deep Thought, programmed to answer the deepest question ever asked: the Great Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything. After 7.5 million years of processing, Deep Thought revealed its answer: Forty-two (1). As artificial intelligence (AI) systems enter every sector of human endeavor - including science, engineering, and health - humanity is confronted by the same conundrum that Adams encapsulated so succinctly: What good is knowing the answer when it is unclear why it is the answer? What good is a black box?},
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