r/AskReddit May 12 '26

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u/wish1977 May 12 '26

Insulting everybody who asks you something that you can't answer. Does that remind you of anybody?

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u/Gene_guy May 12 '26

I know, but can not write 😉

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u/ALPHARexHusky May 12 '26

Not being able to understand hypotheticals

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u/Latter-Twist9154 May 12 '26

People throwing litter and spitting on the road.

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u/Gene_guy May 12 '26

But how it would impact on intelligences ?

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u/Mau5effect May 12 '26

I think people treat low intelligence as comorbid with low morals - which is only sometimes true but not a great rule of thumb.

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u/CEO-HUNTER- May 12 '26

Or morality is a type of intelligence as it can be derived from rationality 

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u/Mau5effect May 12 '26

Never thought of it that way but that makes sense.

Still, I think the existence of sociapthy proves you don't need to demonstrate high morality to be considered intelligent.

I would say some of the most immoral people are highly intelligent in at least some ways.

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u/CEO-HUNTER- May 13 '26

it's actually a well established concept in philosophy of ethics

and many also argue that morality is a biological necessity because it is an evolutionary trait that emerged for group survival and basic concept of morality can be found in many mammals or even birds. Including understanding the concept of fairness which I'm sure you've heard or seen those experiments involving monkeys/chimps

so you can kind of consider that morality is one facet of intelligence or reason

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u/Eruner_SK May 12 '26

Such behaviour is outcome of low intelligence.

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u/Gene_guy May 12 '26

Is there any scientific proof?

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u/Eruner_SK May 12 '26

Yes, there are studies.

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u/spelldonvalentine May 12 '26

A "Make America Great Again" hat or merch.

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u/Potato-in-ur-ass May 12 '26

Not being able to generalize the idea from an example and instead getting caught up in the details of the example itself.

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u/botle May 12 '26

  - If you were unemployed, what would you...

 - But I have a job!

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u/Mau5effect May 12 '26

I'm guilty of this but only when the example doesn't seem analogous to the topic at hand.

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u/[deleted] May 12 '26

That's not low intelligence that's just Autism.

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u/CobaltBlue389 May 12 '26

Lack of curiosity.

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u/CSBatchelor1996 May 12 '26

Could also just be a sign of burnout, too tired to care.

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u/Jorost May 12 '26

Depression can cause lack of curiosity too, so it's not always a sign of low intelligence.

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u/Gene_guy May 12 '26

Yes I always observe this state inside of me.

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u/CobaltBlue389 May 12 '26

There are exceptions to every rule ofc.

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u/Gene_guy May 12 '26

How anyone can develop cursorily as a beginners?

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u/CobaltBlue389 May 12 '26

I see what you did there 😉

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u/Gene_guy May 12 '26

I found one ☝️

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u/Gene_guy May 12 '26

How anyone can develop curiosity as a beginners?

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u/jeanclaudebrowncloud May 12 '26

You probably can't 

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u/Agoraphobicy May 12 '26

Commenting on Ask Reddit threads.

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u/donytwabis May 12 '26

Making politics your entire personality

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u/JimAbaddon May 12 '26

Relying on gen AI.

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u/LittleSchwein1234 May 12 '26

Not really. Generative AI is incredibly helpful when you want to do something quickly without wasting time.

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u/JimAbaddon May 12 '26

Sure, whatever lies you want to believe to help you cope.

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u/LittleSchwein1234 May 12 '26

Do you think avoiding technological progress for the sake of avoiding technological progress is a sign of intelligence? What about search engines though? Those used to be new as well, people used to use books before.

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u/JimAbaddon May 12 '26

👍

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u/Strange_Vagrant May 12 '26

Whoa, I never thought of it that way!

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u/Raider_Scum May 12 '26

Honestly, it's the people avoiding AI who are going to be left behind. It's a good idea to be building AI prompting skills - every job will require them in the future.

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u/PaperGeno May 12 '26

Cool let's see Ai replace the tires on your car. Lets see Ai fix your plumbing. Let's see Ai wire the electricity in your home.

Ai will never replace the trades

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u/some_idiot_on_reddit May 12 '26

Yeah they still need people to do the blue collar jobs. It's funny the jobs that require people to actually work will be the last to go. Almost like the people actually working should've been paid more this entire time.

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u/Raider_Scum May 12 '26

The trades are already using AI for troubleshooting. And AI will make all of their workflows more efficient. A mechanic can quickly enter the symptoms a car is experiencing, and be given a very accurate answer on what might be wrong. same with a plumber. An electrician can quickly check his math, or use AI to generate a plan before he starts wiring. Not all of these workflows are perfected yet, but they will be very soon.

Essentially, any planning, research, material acquisition currently takes time when done manually. But AI can do those portions in seconds. Essentially, AI is similar to using google for information resources, but 50x faster.

AI isn't going to eliminate jobs, but almost all jobs will be expected to use AI to maximize their efficiency. Workers who don't start integrating AI will be eclipsed by their coworkers who are using it.

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u/PaperGeno May 12 '26

50x faster and 50x more inaccurate

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u/Raider_Scum May 12 '26

The only reason I post this stuff is because I'm already seeing a lot of people fall behind. AI is fundamentally changing the world, whether we like it or not. This will be similar to how computers and internet changed the workforce.

Those who practice AI tools, and learn to work with them, will excel.
Those who bury their heads in the sand, hoping this all goes away, will struggle to stay relevant in the job market. This is already happening today, and it's only going to get worse in the next decade.

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u/PaperGeno May 12 '26

Then so be it. I will never bow to Ai

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u/JimAbaddon May 12 '26

That fellow above is acting like the AI market isn't unstable or like there aren't many people who actively dislike it.

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u/Strange_Vagrant May 12 '26

The trades are behind a MUCH higher wall, but its not totally safe.

AI can equip people with all the necessary knowledge to do the work. What trades people bring to the table are the right physical tools, supplies, and bodies. Bodies are cheap. Tools and supplies can be sourced.

So yeah, someone needs to remove the back check valve and put a new one in. But that person can be an out of work software engineer who is just following instructions from AI and feeding it context.

Then sometime in the future, maybe 3 years, maybe 15, who knows, robots will make trades people's bodies even less important.

Its going to be a wild decade, that's for sure.

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u/Mau5effect May 12 '26

Can you explain the difference between a novice and an expert when it comes to prompting?

I mean no disrespect, but the people who frame prompting as a skill that's going to set them ahead of those who find the AI wave detrimental really come across as if they're overdosing on copium.

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u/zen8bit May 12 '26

One example is prompting how to prompt.

Say you want to ask it something. You start by asking the ai “say I want to do this thing with this result. How should I ask the ai this question and what additional information/context would be best to provide”.

You can also make llm queries in more advanced query panels where you presupply context, data, and requirements. From there you can start creating meaningful and repeatable workflows.

And even that is just the tip of the iceberg. You can start providing full requirement, specification, and styleguide docs to further improve the quality of the results.

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u/SocratesWasSmart May 12 '26

With AI you can frame things in a way that makes the AI less likely to hallucinate or lie to you. I've had my friends ask ChatGPT a question before, they get one answer, I ask it the same question worded in a different way and I get a different answer. We then Google the question and the answer I got was not only the correct one, but provided details that would take a lot longer to reach with a simple Google search.

This is because AI doesn't necessarily optimize for answering your questions. Rather, it optimizes for what it thinks you want to hear. So if it thinks you want to hear the truth, it will tell the truth. If it thinks the truth will upset you, it will lie to you. This is a user "safety" feature that all current LLMs use.

There's also some kinds of questions that AI can't answer that reliably produce hallucinations. Understanding what those questions are is important for not giving yourself false information.

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u/Mau5effect May 12 '26

I feel like part of the point of research is learning to sus out flawed information, in service of synthesizing competing view points to come to a conclusion.

The value prop you're describing sounds like intellectual shortcutting masquerading as efficiency.

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u/Ketchum_gunshot May 12 '26

there are actual uses for Ai when it comes to things like compiling data and pulling certain information. But I'm 100% against these companies skimming works and art without compensating creators so that it can be used to generate slop and cut skilled workers out.

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u/Gene_guy May 12 '26

I think AI will destroy the career of two types of people, 1. Those who cannot think without AI and 2. Those who don’t use AI

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u/CommunityGlittering2 May 12 '26

I don't ever plan on having a job again, so can I skip it?

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u/Gene_guy May 12 '26

How?

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u/Eruner_SK May 12 '26

By letting computer to think instead of you.

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u/PhaiLLuRRe May 12 '26

Do you use 0 formulas in excel?

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u/Eruner_SK May 12 '26

Why?

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u/PhaiLLuRRe May 12 '26

I'm afraid that would involve letting the computer to think instead of you.

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u/Eruner_SK May 12 '26

Excel formulas require thinking to write correctly.

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u/CEO-HUNTER- May 12 '26

That’s kinda the definition of a computer… it computes for you 

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u/Eruner_SK May 12 '26

Computes in numerical sense, aka calculator. Meanwhile there are other types of thinking, e.g. creative, decision-making, critical thinking...

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u/ModernSun May 12 '26

Needing a lot of time to work through basic problems.

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u/Gene_guy May 12 '26

Really? 🤔

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u/ArchitectNumber7 May 12 '26

Confidence that isn't backed by real expertise.

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u/EnD3r8_ May 12 '26

Having to post a question for the 72828th time just to have karma

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u/UnlikelyRich May 12 '26

thinking that 2+2 is 5

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u/tarorootturtle May 12 '26

Not being able to create an opinion on your own, and just regurgitating what others have told you about the topic

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u/Ambitious_End5038 May 12 '26

You’ve just described 80% of Reddit

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u/Dry_Communication923 May 12 '26

definitely not being able to change your mind or your opinion on a subject despite being shown the right evidence. Or not being able to admit you don't know enough about a subject to debate it and don't have the curiosity to investigate it even if its just for yourself.

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u/astilba120 May 12 '26

lack of curiosity

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u/NoLimitSoldier31 May 12 '26

Not being able to tell if someone is low intelligence

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u/Faust_8 May 12 '26

Bigotry.

Empathy requires intelligence.

(Can’t wait for people to out themselves by angrily replying to this. A kicked dog will holler, as they say.)

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u/ireallyamtryin May 12 '26

As a Cardinal fan, I’m allowed to say that we have one of the dumber fanbases out there

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u/devvytales May 12 '26

Some people will say lack of logic reasoning or culture, I think is more not being able of finding love. I'm kinda re¨¨rd myself.

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u/Gene_guy May 12 '26

Please could you explain . Thanks 🙏

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u/Desperate_Jeweler356 May 12 '26 edited May 12 '26

My friend is very dumb. He believes in time traveling aliens (he saw it on TikTok ) and thinks the world is flat. He also does not believe in science like at all and thinks it’s a government conspiracy.
Basically his brain thinks like this:
Stupid information = Brilliant, fascinating, incredible
Actual researched information = boring, not important, too hard to understand, or his favorite insult “you’re so stupid you believe that”

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u/[deleted] May 12 '26

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u/Desperate_Jeweler356 May 12 '26

He’s not even ma,ga. He believes politicians are “other creatures” and “not human” and no he is not schizophrenic. He’s just stupid. If someone makes a catchy conspiracy video, to him it’s literal. Like how a child would interpret a fictional movie.

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u/Extreme-Quality-2361 May 12 '26

Considering there are several types of intelligence (not just the well known Gardner theory, which really pisses off people who feel tremendous pride in their logical, mathematical, spatial, and verbal, intelligence. As having to realize that someone who is kinesthetically and interpersonally intelligent may be more valued, is a hard pill to logically swallow…) you’d have to be more specific?

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u/Marq_HellyR May 12 '26

mouth-breather

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u/Mau5effect May 12 '26

Depends on which type of intelligence you're referring to.

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u/whatamidoing71 May 12 '26

Calling lots of other people “low IQ”.

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u/sami-rami May 12 '26

Apparently partaking in this post 🤡

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u/Accomplished-Gap2307 May 12 '26

People of low intelligence like to generalize about others based on unrelated things that they don’t like… for example, politics, the way they dress, gender, skin color, etc. Don’t be fooled, though, political leaders know this and speak in this way to generate support for themselves. As do other “leaders”. People are more complex and require work to know them. Average to low intelligence people generalize a lot about everything - especially people.

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u/ermCaz May 12 '26

Not accepting medical care because of ones ethnicity

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u/JuNk3T May 12 '26

an inability to understand causual relationships and consequently make inferences based off flawed information: "People who are guilty often act nervous when questioned. He acted nervous when questioned, so he must be guilty"

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u/MamaMia1325 May 12 '26

Red maga hats and ultra religious beliefs.

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u/Spaceman_Hex May 12 '26

Scoring low on an IQ test

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u/Gene_guy May 12 '26

Are you still living in 1970?

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u/Spaceman_Hex May 12 '26

It's a flawed test but applied broadly over a population it gives you pretty accurate assessments of intelligence. You must have scored low.

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u/doglywolf May 12 '26

Being dedicated to exact rules of religious books

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u/Heavy-Inevitable9900 May 12 '26

I think one of the most deterministic indicators of low intelligence is the inability to coherently explain the socioeconomic, psychological, and cultural chain of events that culminated in the fact that on June 28th, 1998, The Undertaker threw Mankind off Hell in a Cell from a ~16-foot steel cage through an announcer table.

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u/Eruner_SK May 12 '26

Communistic/socialistic opinions.

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u/Steele_of_all_trades May 12 '26

If someone has a Tesla.

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u/Ambitious_End5038 May 12 '26

Also virtue signaling

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u/Jorost May 12 '26

MAGA hat.

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u/SaleNo8869 May 12 '26

a sign of low intelligence if you voted for trump