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nchmytoday at 10:44 AM3 repliesview on HN

I don't think you quite realize the implications of what you're saying.

Surely you don't actually believe, or even desire, for everyone to fully understand everything that they say... No room for questions, uncertainty, bewilderment, etc?

If someone is feigning competence via AI, that's the problem. Not Ai.

If they use Ai to polish a communication, be it statement, question, etc, and they do it in a thoughtful manner to ensure the final communication clearly and effectively communicates what it should be, there's no problem with that.


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lelanthrantoday at 11:06 AM

> If they use Ai to polish a communication, be it statement, question, etc, and they do it in a thoughtful manner to ensure the final communication clearly and effectively communicates what it should be, there's no problem with that.

My point is that it is still a problem, regardless whether they are asking an AI to write it for them or a human to write it for them.

Round-tripping a message through a 3rd party changes the message; in this specific context ("Don't Paste the AI, please"), there is no pretense of understanding or review from the human.

In some other context, sure, maybe some people are thoughtfully engaging with the AI, but I have never come across this yet. I suspect you haven't either.

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Planktonnetoday at 2:31 PM

> If they use Ai to polish a communication, be it statement, question, etc, and they do it in a thoughtful manner to ensure the final communication clearly and effectively communicates what it should be, there's no problem with that.

They don't though; I have never seen this happen. I have seen many people claim that's what they do, but not convincingly.

coldteatoday at 11:22 AM

>Surely you don't actually believe, or even desire, for everyone to fully understand everything that they say... No room for questions, uncertainty, bewilderment, etc?

Nothing they said implies that.

What they said is they want the understanding of the person to be revealed in the communication. Not masked via AI.

>If they use Ai to polish a communication, be it statement, question, etc, and they do it in a thoughtful manner to ensure the final communication clearly and effectively communicates what it should be, there's no problem with that.

Yes, if that ever happens in the real world, it would be ok.

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