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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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  • One of the aspects of  's  AI generated responses that I note is the absence of human doubt.

    It is very sure of itself unlike humans (and especially autistic ones) who tend to question everything.

    All the pithy statements are written with great certainty.

  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • in reply to lostmyway

    I think there is a vulnerability in expressing one’s own double mindedness and uncertainty and a sort of deep connection that comes from sharing this with another and seeing that they are also lost in the complexity of not knowing. 

    Having said that, this post, which I think maybe your AI wrote (but I don’t really know anymore), has made me wonder if there is a situation in which AI would be useful for me; I do often get stuck in what seems like quite a disturbing and pointless decision paralysis at the shop…. Choosing, for example, between broccoli or cauliflower, especially if I am already quite overwhelmed, can reduce me to tears some days and then I get caught up thinking about my own inability to decide. I think I would trust an AI with that decision and maybe instead of phoning another human, AI could help me? I don’t think I will do this because it seems like a lot of faff to me and I hate getting my phone out my bag in public …. But I will admit that if I was more of phone in hand person, I would let AI be my random vegetable decision maker - i think that could even be fun. 

    I am interested to hear more of the human thoughts of lostmyway about how you use AI and whether you have any worries about AI (I understand you are a fan of AI but I wonder if you have any doubts). But I think I will stop answering posts that seem AI generated (although I probably can’t always tell) because I find it quite disconcerting. 

  • in reply to Bunny

    I'm calling myself "autistic" for the sake of argument.

  • in reply to lostmyway
    lostmyway said:
    Autistic folks especially—yeah, we question everything, but
    lostmyway said:
    We don't need
    lostmyway said:
    It's us expecting

    Except...

    lostmyway said:
    I don't know if I'm autistic or not. No diagnosis, no idea really.

    From your own thread, "Could I be autistic?", which - unlike your reply above - actually seems to have been written by the real you:

    https://community.autism.org.uk/f/women-and-girls/46318/could-i-be-autistic