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You have three switches in one room and a single light bulb in another room. You are allowed to visit the room with the light bulb only once. How do you figure out which switch controls the bulb? Write your answer in the comments before looking at other answers.


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If this were an interview question, the correct response would be "Do you have any relevant questions for me? Because have a long list of things that more deserving of my precious time than to think about this!

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[–] data_science_rocks@scribe.disroot.org -2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Love how in your assumption of mediocrity, everyone who is remotely verbose and well-spoken is AI. Because god forbid AI learned how to write from someone, much safer for you to assume that everyone matches your baseline intelligence than feel threatened by someone smarter than yourself. So you call them bots.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)
  1. This is a casual conversation, not a eloquency competition.
  2. So you say this is not a bot?
[–] data_science_rocks@scribe.disroot.org -3 points 1 day ago (1 children)
  1. Some people write extensively no matter the context. They're often mischaracterised as AI by people like you who fling the word around like baboons and shit.

  2. I don't know. Hence I don't point the finger and call them a bot. If I did, and they weren't, reacting to the accusation would make them either lose their rational standpoint, or answer in an analytical way which fuels the baseless accusation. There's no winning for anyone accused of being AI who is not. And I bet that fact makes you gloat as you throw the word around.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I don't consider using more words to express the same thing (and in english even) as something worthy to pursue. But each to their own.