alt.hn

2/22/2026 at 7:33:12 PM

Ask HN: Cognitive Offloading to AI

by daringrain32781

2/23/2026 at 8:53:44 PM

Sometimes it seems that the primary "benefit" / use case for AI is that people can use it, and if it outputs something useful then they look like they are AI early adopters, geniuses, etc, and if it outputs something dumb, then it's not their fault, it's the AI.

Either way, they get the upside, and apparently now it's your job to sort the AI slop from the reality, for some reason.

A few times, I have pointed out to people that their AI slop is wrong, and they said "yeah, it's wrong sometimes, but humans are also wrong sometimes, so it's no better/worse". It's the same logic as self-driving cars that kill people being fine, because after human-driven cars also kill people. It's true, but that's a _problem_....

by tacostakohashi

2/22/2026 at 11:06:11 PM

That reminds me of one joke that I heard recently:

- Dad, dad, do you and your colleagues use artificial intelligence at work?

- Oh, dear, we don't even use natural intelligence...

As they say, every joke has a grain of truth in it. There are people who, in principle, do not think about why they do something or what the consequences will be. That's just the way they are.

by dryarzeg

2/22/2026 at 7:59:13 PM

> Some of them return a very clearly AI response, sometimes completely missing the point. What’s the point?

The point is as always: to get the work "done" faster.

> If I wanted an AI response I’d have asked it myself.

Such people are generally not bright enough to see the difference, so certainly not bright enough to realise you can.

by chrisjj

2/22/2026 at 7:34:03 PM

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by theSBUguys

2/22/2026 at 11:01:00 PM

Good try, tovarish major. Good try.

by dryarzeg

2/22/2026 at 7:48:10 PM

The USA is also building concentration camps.

Sometimes people refuse to acknowledge humanity.

by cyanydeez