A disturbing number of people think that computers are magic* and therefore whatever comes out of them is automatically not only correct, but the best possible form of correct.
And if they pay money for access to something that runs on a computer, most of them will double down on that belief until it ruins them.
* or logical, or mathematical or some other grand attribute. “Infallible” is a good one.
And you’ll get people in high sales and marketing places who know it’s a fallacy, successfully con others with it, but also fall victim to it when it comes from outside their sphere of influence.
Humans™: We’re really not all that far from flinging our faeces at each other.
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I thought so too, but ChatGPT was released more than 2 years ago and people still seem to give its “opinion” weight…
A disturbing number of people think that computers are magic* and therefore whatever comes out of them is automatically not only correct, but the best possible form of correct.
And if they pay money for access to something that runs on a computer, most of them will double down on that belief until it ruins them.
* or logical, or mathematical or some other grand attribute. “Infallible” is a good one.
And you’ll get people in high sales and marketing places who know it’s a fallacy, successfully con others with it, but also fall victim to it when it comes from outside their sphere of influence.
Humans™: We’re really not all that far from flinging our faeces at each other.