undefined | Better HN

0 pointsloloquwowndueo8mo ago0 comments

Very poetic but you either misunderstand me or think I intend for my advice to apply all the time, in all situations.

I’m 100% an AI skeptic but also I won’t invest time and emotion replying to communications where it’s clear the other side a priori also didn’t invest at all. Let machines deal with machines and let me deal with humans.

And believe you me, I reserve this for contexts where I’m not jeopardizing my real interaction with someone I care about.

> Do you really not understand that connecting with other flawed, unpolished people is its own reward?

Oh I understand that perfectly - the above sentence shows that it’s you who didn’t understand what I said in the first place.

0 comments

2 comments · 1 top-level

lkey8mo ago· 1 in thread

Understood, then we disagree only about the appropriate response. I opt instead to ignore all messages written by AI. I can even feel myself developing instant blindness to its 'house' style in the same way I stopped being able to see ads in the earlier days of the internet, prior to ublock.

That said, I do have the advantage of effectively absolute financial security, so I'm privileged enough to be choosy about who I interact with. I do understand that sometimes there's no real choice but to wade through slop in the pursuit of a paycheck.

loloquwowndueoOP8mo ago

Exactly! I reply to emails for a living, so sadly I can’t afford to ignore the ai-written ones…

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse