alt Hacker NewsAnother human being took time from their life to try and help you
It wasn't as much time as you felt entitled to from them, so you responded by minimizing their contribution and being condescending. That upset them.
The problem here was not the other person.
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> Another human being took time from their life to try and help you
By copying and pasting my question into ChatGPT, and then copying and pasting the answer back?
It would have been more helpful, and still trivial, to remind me that ChatGPT exists.
> It wasn't as much time as you felt entitled to from them
No entitlement is implied by posting a question. The other human being could have just as well ignored the query entirely.
Sometimes a well-meaning fool is worse than no help at all.
No… they took time from YOUR life to try and take credit for what an LLM produced when asked. And took over from you when you'd apparently chosen not to ask an LLM, as if to say 'thank me for knowing better because you were supposed to be asking the LLM about this'.
When it comes to the specific case of people just mindlessly copy/pasting LLM’s:
No, I asked them to help and they offloaded it without applying any of the expertise I specifically asked for. If they don’t want to give their opinion or their expertise they should say “no.” It’s a valid response! If I’m asking for you to give your time and you don’t have time to give, that’s fine! But don’t just throw my question into an LLM and then paste the results to me. I too have access to LLM’s. I didn’t ask for a middleman.
It’s the same reason I never like it when people on hobby/interest forums tell people “Google it.” No dude, we all gathered here to discuss this topic. If people are going to ask basic questions, that’s part of the gig. They are asking the community. Perhaps they got bad results via search. People need to get over themselves lmao I don’t know what else to say.
We’ve just got this wild culture where everyone puts such a premium on their own time but now doesn’t value anyone else’s, as evidenced by all the slop dumping. By all means use LLM’s. They’re a tool, they’re there to be used. But use your own brain too. Give the results your attention. Don’t just dump them on me.
Someone is drowning and calls for help.
I throw a bucket of chum into the water and walk away, putting my headphones on.
Well I did take the time to help, better than nothing, right?