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Re:Harvard’s new computer science teacher is a chatbot by hgsgm on Sunday June 25, 2023 @08:23AM (#36467461)
Humans are not programmed to avoid saying "I don't know."
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Re:Harvard’s new computer science teacher is a chatbot by ekianjo on Sunday June 25, 2023 @11:51AM (#36469518)
Oh really? You will find very few people admit that they don't know something.
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Re:Harvard’s new computer science teacher is a chatbot by nmz on Sunday June 25, 2023 @04:06PM (#36472067)
If you ask someone they will give you their approximation of an answer. However if you told them if they would bet money on it, and promptly make them do so, you will find them saying IDK more frequently.

Even this, I wouldn't bet money on what I just said.

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Re:Harvard’s new computer science teacher is a chatbot by kevin_thibedeau on Sunday June 25, 2023 @01:45PM (#36470810)
There is a prominent culture where this is such a common occurrence that you have to be careful about accepting their confident assertions.
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Re:Harvard’s new computer science teacher is a chatbot by 8note on Sunday June 25, 2023 @06:32PM (#36473346)
Humans also tend not to write "I don't know" into text content about a certain subject. Usually the idk is hidden by not writing at all
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