Isn't it the modern equivalent of "let me Google that for you"?
My experience is that the vast majority of people do 0 research (AI assisted or not) before asking questions online. Questions that could have usually been answered in a few seconds if they had tried.
If someone preface a question by saying they've done their research but would like validation, then yes it's in incredibly poor taste.
There's seemingly a difference in motive. The people sharing AI responses seem to be from people fascinated by AI generally, and want to share the response.
The "let me Google that for you" was more trying to get people to look up trivial things on their own, rather than query some forum repeatedly.
exactly, the "i asked chatgpt" people give off 'im helping' vibes but in reality they are just annoying and clogging up the internet with spam that nobody asked for
That's not like pasting in a screenshot or a copy/paste of an AI answer, it's being intentionally dismissive. You weren't actually doing the "work" for them, you were calling them lazy.
The way I usually see the AI paste being used is from people trying to refute something somebody said, but about a subject that they don't know anything about.
> Isn't it the modern equivalent of "let me Google that for you"?
No. With Google you get many answers. With AI you get one. Also we know that AI is unreliable with some possibility, it’s highly probable that you can get a better source on Google than that. This is especially bad when the question is something niche. So, it’s definitely a worse version of lmgtfy.
It is the modern equivalent of "let me Google that for you" except for that most of the people doing it don't seem to realize that they're telling the person to fuck off, while that absolutely was the intent with lmfgtfy.
It was meant to be - the whole point of that meme was to shame/annoy lazy people into looking things up themselves, instead of asking random strangers on the internet.
And also just spouting unhinged shit divorced from reality, which is pretty common. You get tired enough dealing with these people that an AI response is warranted.
My experience is that the vast majority of people do 0 research (AI assisted or not) before asking questions online. Questions that could have usually been answered in a few seconds if they had tried.
If someone preface a question by saying they've done their research but would like validation, then yes it's in incredibly poor taste.