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       Anybody who has ever helped others, especially less experienced people, with programming, or other tech stuff, knows that, when asked a question, the most productive response is  the question "what are you really trying to do?". The reason why this is such a good response is because very often, the question asked was based on a false assumption, or a lack of knowledge. This problem often doesn't present itself in the original question, but becomes obvious when the real objective is known. Once you know the objective you can help the person by correcting their assumption, or telling them about something that will eliminate the need for the original question.Now imagine, that instead of responding with this question, you will literally answer their question, and never ask what they're trying to do. Do you think the outcome will be superior? Will this person come out more experienced and more knowledgeable?Now imagine a mathematical prediction model doing exactly this on an industrial scale, but then add it not actually understanding what it's doing, a habit of generating falsehoods, nor any capability of real learning.Yep, great tool, totally no downsides whatsoever.