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Big "drunk driving kills people but it also helps people to get to work on time, so it's impossible to say if it's good or bad" energy.

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Not sure if your meme-quippery works. Non-drunk driving kills people too, and also helps people get to work on time.

What?

I think the problem is that if drunk driving helps you get to work on time most people don't have jobs where showing up drunk is appreciated.

Huh? You mind explaining how that applies to my comment, in terms of the things we're actually talking about instead of analogies?

If you're having trouble understanding the analogy I doubt anything I say here will help you.

If you're gonna be pissy about not being able to explain something so others can understand it, why even spend the time writing the comment?

The comment isn't for you. It's for people who aren't too stupid to understand it.

Just because something has upsides or some benefits (or a single benefit) doesn't mean it is good overall.

Thank you for attempting to explain it.

So what I don't understand is how "drunk driving ... helps people to get to work on time" is close to true and what I said that made it seem like "impossible to say if it's good or bad" about ChatGPT?

Well, if you're an alcoholic you have to wait until you're sober until you can drive, I guess. Lol. IDK. It is a poor analogy IMO, kind of more "absurdist" and doesn't totally convey the point properly.

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