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0 pointsal_borland1y ago0 comments

If I already know the answer to something, why would I be looking it up? These answers from AI should assume the person on the other end doesn’t know anything and isn’t going to fact check. If they were going to fact check, they’d just look it up in the first place and not waste their time with AI.

To me, a real sign of intelligence and maturity is being able to say, “I don’t know.” I always lose a lot of respect for people when I catch them making up answers to questions they can’t answer. It means I can’t trust anything they say. If I’m not willing to accept this behavior from a person in my life, why would I accept it from a machine?

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naitgacem1y ago

> they'd just look it up in the first place and not waste their time with Al.

Keep in mind these come from the new "AI Overview" feature, which means these appear at the TOP of search results!

datavirtue1y ago

If you have a question about the answer have the AI review it to make sure it's correct. I have gotten it to pull it's head out of its ass numerous times. It's like a conversation with a human.

It's easy to hold it wrong if you believe things you see in print.

nicklecompte1y ago

This is just completely disconnected from my original comment. What if someone reads "drink fruit juice to clear up kidney stones" from an AI and doesn't have a question about the answer because they don't fully understand what kidney stones are? The only response AI advocates seem to have is "not my problem." Or, far too often, the vindictive irresponsibility of "it was his fault for being so stupid that he trusted us."

al_borlandOP1y ago

>"it was his fault for being so stupid that he trusted us."

It reminds me of a young Mark Zuckerberg, “they trust me. Dumb f*cks.”

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