alt Hacker NewsAnd in that piece, I think I explained why it's important to take it seriously even though (and in fact, because!) it's self-reported?
And in that piece, I think I explained why it's important to take it seriously even though (and in fact, because!) it's self-reported?
No, you explained why the selection bias doesn't matter, which I agree. The self-report data still is completely worthless in the first place though.
People are really, really good at lying to themselves, let alone to an online poll. They'll tell you that they prefer imperfect or even bad writing as long as it's not AI slop, just like how they'll tell you they like healthier food, they prioritize personality instead of look for potential dates, how they use LLM "only as a spellchecker", and how they use tiktok for educational videos. As long as there is no stake, people will just say what make they feel better.
Self-reporting data for human behavior is just noise.