Generative AI: Two of of three is bad

There’s an old joke: “Fast, cheap, good: Pick two.”

Generative AI is fast and cheap. It will not be good.

I would like “good” to be a higher priority.

Edit, 1 December 2024: I think academics, under the intense pressure to be productive, prioritize those three characteristics in that order. The first two might switch (grad students are more likely to prioritize “cheap”), but I think “good” is regularly coming last.