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?
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#3Sometimes people refuse to acknowledge humanity.
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#4The 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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#6- 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.
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#9Either way, they get the upside, and apparently now it's your job to sort the AI slop from the reality, for some reason.
A few times, I have pointed out to people that their AI slop is wrong, and they said "yeah, it's wrong sometimes, but humans are also wrong sometimes, so it's no better/worse". It's the same logic as self-driving cars that kill people being fine, because after human-driven cars also kill people. It's true, but that's a _problem_....