When Information Runs Out: How AI Fills Gaps and Why It Matters
What happens when the information runs out
I experimented with ChatGPT to colorize old family photos, only to discover it invents details like eyebrows that never existed on the original film. This revealed a critical truth: some information is permanently lost, and AI's default is to fill those gaps with guesses. The real human job isn't just supervising the AI, but knowing when to communicate certainty and when to accept that some gaps must remain empty.
The human's job in this process isn't to supervise the AI. It's to communicate certainty clearly — but also to put uncertainty back in.