this is not just friendly small talk, but questions like this are aimed to make people talk about themselves, in a way tell other people what kind of person they are. what superpower you'd have, what animal you'd be, what you would do with a million dollars, what one book/album you would take to an island to read/listen to forever...

these don't have a right answer and they reveal something about the people discussing it. asking a machine like it's some puzzle to solve is extremely fucking weird. the lengths people go to just not to use their noggin is concerning.

I refuse to believe he asked chatgpt his favorite animal that's absurd

There is a lot of novelty in “let’s ask the thing” and always has been.

Magic 8 ball is one sillier example that comes to mind.

But asking Siri dumb shit, asking Alexa dumb shit.

Now if they used ChatGPT instead of having their own original thoughts … weird.

Maybe they’re uncomfortable in that situation and just wanted to add a novel response.

To your point, yeah it’s weird, but it doesn’t have to be.

Dunno, sounds more like it was passive aggressive signal that he wasn't interested in the conversation to me.

This made me think of that "I Think you Should Leave" sketch where Tim Robinson's character feels left out at the office for not having a funny YouTube video to watch, so the next day he tells them he has one and it's a video he created and posted the night before with only one view and they all immediately know he made it but he pretends he just found it lol

I'd be a thistle tortoise beetle.

It's weird yes lol. Something about someone using AI in casual conversation is very... Unnatural. Friend of mine loves to generate AI images and a reaction. I hate it

Don't leave us hanging OP, what's your fursona?

I dont think this is an AI problem.

It's just a human interaction / small talk problem, which have existed since the dawn of time.

I personally have no idea what animal I would be and I doubt id really get involved in that conversation, beyond whatever it took to be polite and not unpleasant.

I wouldn't have asked chatgpt because I hate chatgpt, but I can imagine why someone would do that as a polite non-answer.

It's happening, I have friends who are picking up this habit as well.

One was scared about the remarks of Iran a few weeks ago, and asked ChatGPT whether they would move war to Europe. As if this software trained on Internet bullshit was the Oracle of Delphi.

"Jackson, what the fuck was that? Don't ever do that again. Fucking ew."

“Yeah, dude, I wasn’t asking ChatGPT, I was asking you!!”

That guy is weird af.

Dont use these situations to put the 'weird' label on the guy.