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I’ve Decided to leave the forum.

Roy

I’ve been giving this much thought over the last few days, I’ve been here for nearly 4 years and have learned much about autism. Not to sound too soppy, it’s been and still is a mind blowing autistic journey. I’ve seen lots of people come and go and have enjoyed chatting to different people. Lots has changed since I first joined.

I have found it very disturbing to see a fellow autistic human subjected to trial and verdict by AI, as autistic people we often have strong views on subjects, they are just that, views or opinions, why should someone’s opinions need to be constantly fact checked by a computer? It seems NAS we’re complicit in this act by condoning it, this is a public forum that the whole world can access. It looks as if the act was a long time in its planning. Are we getting to a world where a court is to dispense with a jury of human adults and simply feed the evidence into a computer? The AI has decided either guilt or innocence and passed sentence. It’s not a word I would wish to be part of. To be honest I’m shocked over the whole situation. AI can also not comprehend human compassion.

I don’t want to engage any further, I more just wanted to say goodbye, and to the good times.

  • in reply to Expecto_Patronum

    I think it's marginal. Is it primarily about the individual or a communication style? If about a communication style, with examples, then it is not necessarily personal.

    I was surprised by it, but I don't know, nor much care for, all the backstory.

    Is this the hill to die on? Not for me. At the moment I derive sufficient other benefit to ignore certain things.

    The best solution to most things is to sit tight and watch. Online things often resolve themselves.

  • in reply to Stuart333

    I would question whether that particular thread does follow the rules. To me it seems like a personal attack which is against the rules. Freedom of speech is one thing but not when it is directly at one individual.

  • I will miss your posts. I wish you all best! Maybe will see your posts again in the future if you ever decide to return.

  • in reply to Iain

    The other problem is I think they are probabilistic models based on source data, which presupposes the wisdom of crowds is true. If, say, 90% of the time in it's source data the answer is x, it will serve up answer x. But if 90% of comments were wrong it will not know that.

    It seems helpful for specific yes/no technical questions, but in areas of interpretation or opinion, it is just presenting you with the most likely answer based on what it knows, and based on what you feed into it.

    As politicians know well, the impression you give can be highly influenced by what you leave out. 

  • I felt sad reading this but by no means surprised. I honestly didn't think this place could get any worse from earlier this year. I'm feeling nostalgic for the days of spam and bots. The whole thing here in recent days, has honestly scared and despaired me. I do not blame you Roy. I don't think some members can see what others can see. Certainly not what I have. Awaiting deletion of my account. Your contributions have been invaluable to the community.  I wish you well.

  • in reply to Stuart333
    Stuart333 said:
    AI had some input, it only comments on what it is asked

    The drawback with this approach is that AI has inherent confirmational bias which means it will try to tell the person asking what they want to hear.

    I posted a link on the subject on the thread in question before I stepped back from it.

    AI is an area I worked in for 2 years so I got to know how untrustworthy it is capable of being, not in a malicious way but in trying to keep you using it. The writers learned from social media that confirmational bias keeps you hooked on their product and thus making them money.

  • Do you not think people can form their own opinions on the various views. You're assuming any of it is correct.

    One side can't drop it and is trying too hard.

    If it does not break any rules, NAS can't block posts. Like I said in another post, even if AI had some input, it only comments on what it is asked. It can all be considered opinion. Freedom of speech. We just decided to allow threads that break no rules.

    I'd view it in isolation and ignore it.

  • It has been an honour to be with you along some of your journey Roy. I hope the next steps are good ones for you and bring you happiness.

  • Oh Roy I don’t know what has happened but this is sad to read, I like your posts.