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.
If I remember correctly you refered to me as a luddite and had one reply to a question I'd asked removed by the mods. I am a regular member and user of this site.
Ha ha … yes… maybe the AI would make the decision harder because it would want to discuss recipes etc. That would actually make me break-down properly in the shop.
.I think there are lots of people who can't deal with uncertainties and grey areas and there always have been even before AI came along. They can be very hard work for those of us who live in grey areas and are uncomfrtable with absolutes, I guess it goes the other way too, but black and white thinking people can never seem to let go of the idea that others are quite happy to live with few absolutes, that some of us find comfort, creativity and happiness in those liminal spaces.
I don't think asking Ai if you'd rather have brocolli or cauliflower would be helpful, ot would probably ask you how you wanted to eat them, then recomend you get both.
Oh I see - I can’t understand what is a response to what here… I know the grey lines on the left are indicating this but I can’t get my head around it. I though you were responding to the post that for me appears to be the reply to the post that is nothing but a cut and paste starting with the words “it’s not the tech…”
Sorry to hear about the member of your family
I agree it's too much AI. Plus nearly all of it goes over my head
You are ruining this forum.
Your insistence on using AI despite all the very good reasons everyone has given you with evidence that it's not good (in many many ways) is just plain stubborn and inconsiderate.
You are writing to vulnerable people and giving them advice based on AI that is often wrong and harmful (as has been demonstrated).
When others here make the effort to report your posts they are deleted by admin.
You have been using insults and name calling to regular members who are caring, responsible people.
You are putting off many of us from even being here any more.
Where is the OP?
I have been busy this afternoon, come here to read this thread and your other AI generated replies and my heart just sinks.
Do you have no compassion or conscience?
I've lost patience with you and I don't have the spoons to even deal with your nonsense any more.
You say that you may or may not be autistic.
Why this bullying behaviour?
Perhaps you would be better stopping and evaluating yourself - see if you are likely to be autistic and if you are then add your own genuine voice here.
You are causing us stress and you aren't helping anyone.
It's selfish behaviour and I wish you would stop before the people I really value here, all the regular members, are pushed away by you and your bluddy AI.
You have called us '[removed by mod}', and asked me if I don't have anything better to do than point out your use of AI to unsuspecting people who post here.
Well, actually I have a member of my family who has been sectioned twice for psychosis, once recently.
He uses AI for everything - I can no longer talk to him and everything he sends me is via AI - his own words no longer exist.
Your brutality and self-righteousness is very triggering.
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.
I appreciate the observation, but I think it misses something important.
Not everyone who uses AI for replies is looking for an “unwavering, certain voice” to hide from uncertainty. For some of us, AI is simply a thoughtful assistant — a way to organise thoughts, find clearer wording, or double-check facts before posting, especially on sensitive topics like autism, relationships, or mental health.
I don’t hand over my voice or my decisions to it. I read everything it suggests, edit it heavily, add my own experiences and doubts, and only post what feels authentic to me. The final message is still mine.
The idea that using AI automatically means rejecting the “um, maybe”s of being human feels like a false dichotomy. Humans have always used tools to help us communicate better — from dictionaries and thesauruses to editors and beta readers. AI is just a more powerful version of those tools for some people. It doesn’t replace uncertainty; it can actually help us express our uncertainties more precisely (“I’m not sure, but here’s what I’ve noticed…”).
Some of us find it genuinely helpful to have a calm, structured draft when our own minds are racing or overwhelmed. That doesn’t mean we’re afraid of paradox or insecurity. It can simply mean we want to communicate as kindly and clearly as possible, especially when emotions are high.
I’m comfortable with the messiness of being human. I just sometimes use a tool to help me navigate it without accidentally sounding harsh, confused, or unintentionally hurtful. That feels like responsible communication to me, not avoidance.
OK!
I don’t get the point of a post that contains nothing other than a cut and paste of someone else’s text.
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.
I'm really sorry, but you are actually just demonstrating more you lack understanding of my point. How many autistic children do you know? There is a lot more nuance to this subject then you really understand.
I presume lostmyway is trying to help me know how to get a less bland essay plan from AI…. Something I have absolutely zero interest in and have never attempted to do and probably never will…. I think that probably my complete disinterest in using AI is hard for people who use AI very heavily to understand. In the same way it is hard for me to understand the appeal of AI… I am intrested to talk to the person behind the AI though….
It won't hug you - but it won't leave either.
Sometimes people can really struggle because AI does leave them though…. Some research suggests people really struggle when their trusty AI “friend” receives an update instigated by whatever company actually owns the AI and then the AI seems very different because the update changed the tone and quality of the responses and then human feels abandoned and duped. Vulnerable people who may form emotional attachments to AI can be left bereft.
I’m sure it’s correct that the more human insight goes into the prompts the less boring the AI output.
But I’m curious, if you are willing to share, what human prompts did you put into your AI to make this response:
It's not the tech that's boring. It's the lazy prompts. Feed it "write a plan on climate change" and you get five tidy bullets: intro, causes, effects, solutions, conclusion. Yawn. But tell it "outline an essay arguing climate policy fails because of corporate capture - use Naomi Klein's shock doctrine as backbone, poke holes in IPCC optimism, make it snarky" - suddenly it's got teeth. Still needs your brain to sharpen it, though.
It would be useful for me if you could share the prompts so I understand the process better….. or did you just copy my paragraph in and not input your human response for your AI to tinker with? Or is this your response rather than your AI’s?
I sometimes use ai to clean up my replies as I have dialexia although I’m in denial about that. I prompt it only to spellcheck and sometimes look at the grammar (not change anything) but it does often change the tone, unless is a very short post.
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!
