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Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

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People always misuse searchengines by writing the whole questions as a search...

With ai they still can do that and get, i think in their optinion, a better result

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[–] snooggums@piefed.world 9 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

The thing is, unlike a parent, AI is unable to tell users that it doesn’t know everything and that users should do things on their own.

The world would be a better place if most parents did that ibstead of confidently spewing bigotry, misogyny, and other terrible opinions. I only knew of a few that were able to say 'I don't know' as a kid, and the ratio is about the same with adults.

[–] NONE_dc@lemmy.world 7 points 17 hours ago

Blame the Dunning-Kruger effect. The people I have seen most likely to acknowledge their lack of knowledge in a certain area have been those who are very wise and well-versed in at least one field, such as science, History (like my mom), art, etc.

Mediocre people are mostly convinced that they know everything.