magosaurus t1_j9y7n5e wrote on February 25, 2023 at 12:53 PM

Reply to comment by ABshr3k in People lack imagination and it’s really bothering me by thecoffeejesus

I work in tech as a career software developer and I'm finding that my non-tech friends and relatives seem to have better intuition about the significance of what we're seeing and where things are going. My co-workers seem uninterested and don't get it.

This surprises me and I don't have a satisfying explanation for it.

I think they *think* they know more than they do and are dismissing it based on their prior experience with AI tech. That's my best theory.

thelefthander t1_j9yk5b8 wrote on February 25, 2023 at 2:46 PM

This is very interesting, it’s like the reverse Dunning Kruger effect. Or perhaps, the uninitiated are more prone to macro thinking when it comes to connecting the dots.

BlueShipman t1_ja077pd wrote on February 25, 2023 at 9:27 PM

>I think they *think* they know more than they do and are dismissing it based on their prior experience with AI tech.

I've encountered this on reddit.

They'll say "i'm a programmer who has worked with AI before, and therefore..." and it's always wrong. AI has changed drastically in the last 6 months and anyone using it before then has no clue what it can do now.