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Rob (c137)'s avatar

Some people are good at something because they learned the skill. They felt their way through.

Some are good at something because they just copied what others do. They don't know the intricacies.

Narcissists are people who borrow skill instead of developing it. They're in all fields, economics, medicine, science, math, language, spirituality, etc.

AI works like a narcissist. I read how when they looked through the fails of a highly rated AI, they discovered that the AI was so obsessed with getting a solution that it "guessed" but spoke like it was true.

Haha just like narcissists seeking to please by portraying the image of competence instead of being able to say "I don't know".

Adrien Saell's avatar

What I found most interesting wasn't the description of narcissism itself, but the distinction you make between wanting approval and wanting the right approval. We all depend on recognition to some degre...

The more difficult question is whose judgment we allow to define us. That feels like the deeper challenge beneath the essay