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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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[–] NONE_dc@lemmy.world 38 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (8 children)

I tend to think that people use AI (and yeah, search engines too) the way children use their parents:

"Mom, why is the sky blue?" "Mom, where is China?" "Mom, can you help me with this school project?" (The mother ends up doing everything).

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. Because that would reduce the number of users.

[–] BenderRodriguez@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] curtainshowers@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

China, Mom is the sky

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