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It's rude to show AI output to people

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321 points distantprovince | 1 comments | 19 Jul 25 16:57 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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vouaobrasil ◴[19 Jul 25 17:27 UTC] No.44617432[source]▶
A lot of the reason why I even ask other people is not to get a simple technical answer but to connect, understand another person's unexepected thoughts, and maybe forge a collaboration –– in addition to getting an answer of course. Real people come up with so many side paths and thoughts, whereas AI feels lifeless and drab.

To me, someone pasting in an AI answer says: I don't care about any of that. Yeah, not a person I want to interact with.

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gharper ◴[19 Jul 25 17:31 UTC] No.44617470[source]▶
It’s the conversational equivalent of “Let me google that for you”.
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MattGaiser ◴[19 Jul 25 17:58 UTC] No.44617756[source]▶
I think the issue is that about half the conversations in my life really shouldn't happen. They should have Googled it or asked an AI about it, as that is how I would solve the same problem.

It wouldn't surprise me if "let me Google that for you" is an unstated part of many conversations.

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1. johnnyanmac ◴[20 Jul 25 01:10 UTC] No.44620994{3}[source]▶
The big issue here is that a lot of company IP is proprietary. You can't Google 90% of it. And internal documentation has never been particularlly good, in my experience. It's a great leverage point to prevent people from saying "just google it" if I'm dealing with abrasive people, at least.