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Did you just compare asking if something looks good to having them write up an assessment of Russian political history? Yeah I’ll go ahead and ask my dog walke
by edgyquant 5y ago
Did you just compare asking if something looks good to having them write up an assessment of Russian political history?
Yeah I’ll go ahead and ask my dog walker to write me an analysis of the potential outcomes if Britain had joined against the US during the Trent affair. If they refuse I’ll fire them and write horrible reviews about them because obviously they don’t take their job seriously /s
You’ve got to be kidding or seriously biased here.
- truetraveller 5y agoI never said "asking". I meant a small report. And this, only a single time. Absolutely no problem in my book. Are you really comparing a "dog walker" to somebody who creates IP (nothing against dog walkers).
- phatfish 5y agoIf anyone asked me something so ridiculous at my job they would get a copy and paste from wikipedia.
- edgyquant 5y ago> Are you really comparing a "dog walker" to somebody who creates IP Yes. Why wouldn’t I? These are examples of people who were hired from completely different fields than what is requested of them in the scenario. Why would an AI researcher be a better Russian political history analyst than a dog walker? Neither is a polsci major.
- Dylan16807 5y agoIs the dog walker an employee here? That makes a big difference. As does whether writing reports is a normal part of their job. If both of those things are true, asking them to spend a day researching some stuff and writing a report doesn't sound crazy.
- digislave 5y agoYou are totally in your rights to fire your dog walker if they refuse to write you an essay about Russian political history.
- zizee 5y agoMaybe? But it doesn't make you less of an ass.
- Talanes 5y agoYou're also totally in your rights to ask your bank teller to write you an essay about Russian political history and switch banks if they refuse. Being within your rights doesn't mean you're not acting totally insane.
- edgyquant 5y agoI’m not disputing that though. That doesn’t mean the average person would consider it reasonable
- digislave 5y agoWhy not? Suppose you have to choose between two dog walkers for hire, one who is will to write essays about Russian history and one who is not. You happen to be very interested in Russian history. Why wouldn't you prefer the dog walker who is willing to write about it?
- JCharante 5y agoJust google it and copy paste whatever is in the first result + the wikipedia article and turn it in, easy peasy.