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jagged frontier

noun \ˈja-gəd ˌfrən-ˈtir\
TopicCulture & Big Ideas First known use2023 Senses1
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Definition of jagged frontier

  1. : the uneven boundary of what AI can do well: it may handle a hard task brilliantly yet fail at one that seems much easier

    • The jagged frontier means you can't guess what the model will get wrong.
    • It writes a sonnet in seconds but can't count the words in it: the jagged frontier.

Origin & history

first known use2023

From a 2023 study by Harvard Business School researchers and consultants testing AI at work.

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