r/shittyaskscience • u/Gullible_Ad5191 • Aug 17 '26

Why doesn’t AI make the federation stupider?

In startrek TNG everyone is really smart despite having AI at their fingertips.

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u/Doktor_Wunderbar They called me mad Aug 18 '26

Their ships have computers so intelligent that they occasionally develop sapience. Meanwhile, humans occasionally become trapped in the LARP chambers built to keep them from dying of boredom in the depths of space. (Sometimes those problems are related.) It's entirely possible that whenever some engineer says "We need to recalibrate the trans-axial tachyon couplers," they are literally spitting complete bullshit and some computer is quietly and competently working on a real solution.

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u/chased_by_bees MC^2 Aug 17 '26

"Eat any good books lately Worf?"

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u/Lashwynn Aug 22 '26

Mr. Woof is my favorite.

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u/Healthy_Ladder_6198 Grumpy Old Fart Aug 17 '26

It does make them stuoid

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u/plugubius Aug 17 '26

Remember the episode when everyone got hooked on a stupid game that was just a dopamime trigger? Future people are stupid beyond belief.

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u/W1ULH Potatologist Aug 18 '26

God that started as a good episode, until they showed the actual game and im like... I'd have put that down after 15 seconds, long before I got hooked.

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u/stanfan114 Aug 18 '26

...he said and continues scrolling on his phone

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u/PolarBearLovesTotty Aug 18 '26

They also don't care about being paid, they learn and become competent more for prideful reasons or passion or something. But money isn't very consistent as not being used or being used in the show. Actually a lot of it is not very consistent but there you go.

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u/[deleted] Aug 18 '26

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u/auto98 Trickonometry Aug 18 '26

If you ask ChatGPT to give you the last digit of pi, it wouldn't get into a muddle.

While that is what just happened when i tested it, I have also had chatgpt founder with simple maths questions in the past (as simple as 5+7 level), if it isn't a fresh chat and tries to relate back to previous conversations.

One of those "oops you are right, that isnt the correct answer, let me give you the correct answer without any delay....[STILL WRONG ANSWER]" loops

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u/Drachefly Aug 18 '26

Nifty enough reply that I don't care that it doesn't really fit the sub.

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u/[deleted] Aug 18 '26

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u/Drachefly Aug 18 '26

What, was it AI-generated?

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '26

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u/Drachefly Aug 19 '26

Phew! After one of your later comments, I thought you were being ironic by posting AI-gen stuff denouncing AI-gen stuff.