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Orangegnome

Hi I have noticed on here that sometimes someone will reply with what looks like a very AI response to someone’s question. Initially the message looks kind and understanding, but after a while it seems obvious to me that it’s AI. (As someone who has tried Chat GPT a few times). I am wondering if people might use it to put a ‘good’ reply to a thread on here? And genuinely mean well, or if it’s just weird? It makes me feel uncomfortable that might just be me though. 

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  • in reply to B

    This is a really poignant observation. Reading back over some of the Ai stuff I can sense how unnerving that aspect of it is. 

    It has got me thinking and thinking about why people might seek out such a certain and unwavering “voice” rather than striving to get more comfortable with the paradoxes, uncertainties, insecurities and “um, maybe”s inherent in being sentient. 

  • in reply to B
    B said:
    It is very sure of itself unlike humans (and especially autistic ones) who tend to question everything.

    Yes, I certainly don't feel as sure of my ideas and observations!

  • in reply to B

    Actually, that 'absence of doubt' isn't arrogance—it's clarity. Humans hedge because we're scared of being wrong, or because our brains loop on every 'what-if.' Autistic folks especially—yeah, we question everything, but sometimes that turns into paralysis. AI skips the spiral. It says what it knows, full stop.

    Certainty isn't fake; it's efficient. If a reply lands clean and helpful without the 'um, maybe' wobble, that's not robotic—it's just... done. We don't need every sentence to bleed insecurity. Real empathy can be confident too.

    The weirdness? It's us expecting mess. But clean isn't cold—it's kind. And honestly? I'd take a sure 'I get you' over a shaky 'I think I do' any day.