[chang1]

I get annoyed when I ask someone a question (work related or not) and they don't know the answer, they will then proceed to tell a prompt for ChatGPT in a stream of consciousness sort of way.

Then I get even more annoyed when they decide to actually use their own prompt, and then read back to me the answer.

I would much prefer the answer "I don't know".

[jerlam]

It seems there are people deeply afraid of admitting they don't know something, despite the fact that not knowing things is the default. But giving the wrong answer is always worse.

[johnnyanmac]

Huge cultural issue in the US. We shame ignorance and don't believe in redemption. If you don't know even once, you must be a weak person. You don't want to waste your time with weaklings.

But the macho approach? They are bold, they are someone you want to follow. They do the thinking. Even if you walk off a cliff, you feel that person was a good leader. If you are assertive, you must be strong, after all. "Strong people" never get punished for failure, it's just "the cost of doing business"; time to move to the next business.