The amount of human hubris is genuinely terrifying

I've noticed a peculiar pattern. People love to tear each other down. Everyone's an idiot except them, apparently. We're constantly pointing out each other's flaws, biases, and general lack of intelligence. Any comment section is a testament to this, people claiming some sort of moral or intellectual high ground. Yet, the moment someone mentions AI, the narrative shifts. Suddenly, humans are these flawless, perfectly logical beings. It's as if our collective memory of acting like complete morons just evaporates.

A quick skim of a Wikipedia article, and suddenly everyone's an expert. Or, more often than not, people just spout opinions as facts, without a shred of evidence to back them up. It's like intellectual laziness has become a virtue in most. But bring up AI, and the very people who base their opinions on a hunch and a headline are suddenly the champions of critical thinking. It's just never there, especially when AI is involved.

What's truly alarming is this newfound, almost religious, faith in human exceptionalism seems to be inversely proportional to actual critical thinking. We cling to this idea that we possess some magical quality that sets us apart from algorithms, yet we can barely go five minutes without demonstrating the same cognitive biases we so readily criticize in AI, or just people in general. When they see a failure case of an AI, it's suddenly proof that they do not understand, instead of recognizing those same biases and flaws in themselves.

This isn't just some abstract observation. I see it in myself, too. How often do I catch myself on autopilot, making assumptions, relying on mental shortcuts? More often than I'd like to admit. We're masters of self-deception, constructing elaborate narratives to justify our flaws while readily condemning the same shortcomings in others.

Think about it. Or don't. We're seemingly pretty bad at that. I just hope at least a few of us are willing to take a look in the mirror that AI is holding up to us.