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📣 daringrain32781

Cognitive Offloading to AI


I ask questions to co workers about a system or why they do something or their opinion. Some of them return a very clearly AI response, sometimes completely missing the point. What’s the point? If I wanted an AI response I’d have asked it myself.

This bothers me a bit because if I can expect this kind of response, what does that say about the thought they put into their work, even if they’re using AI for everything coding related?

  👤 chrisjj Accepted Answer ✓
> Some of them return a very clearly AI response, sometimes completely missing the point. What’s the point?

The point is as always: to get the work "done" faster.

> If I wanted an AI response I’d have asked it myself.

Such people are generally not bright enough to see the difference, so certainly not bright enough to realise you can.

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👤 cyanydeez
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Sometimes people refuse to acknowledge humanity.

👤 dryarzeg
That reminds me of one joke that I heard recently:

- Dad, dad, do you and your colleagues use artificial intelligence at work?

- Oh, dear, we don't even use natural intelligence...

As they say, every joke has a grain of truth in it. There are people who, in principle, do not think about why they do something or what the consequences will be. That's just the way they are.