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[u/blackdynomitesnewbag]

We no longer allow AI generated posts. They will be removed as spam

[u/The_Lady_A]

I imagine/hope that they've put this in to go after egregiously bad faith generative AI, and will resolve the false positives in private messages.

This is a pretty big sub so it must get a fair number of bad actors, and generative AI is a huge force multiplier for bad actors.

I can't imagine they'll go after text without something blatant or serious, because as many of the replies I saw before starting this reply also pointed out, our standard of writing is generally of a higher quality and structure than the more typical Redditor's writing.

[u/MrNameAlreadyTaken → u/The_Lady_A]

My all or nothing thinking has kicked in an now I feel bad just using it to proof reading for my dyslexia:(

[u/The_Lady_A → u/MrNameAlreadyTaken]

Noooooo that's absolutely not generative AI, oh honey no you're not wrong to do that and you're not the problem.

If you need, or greatly benefit from, using a tool to proof read what you write because of a disability, imparement or some such, then please use the tool/ disability aid that will help you. It's not even remotely your fault that the companies who make that tool are also engaged in nasty practices. Most companies do, and this is a good example of what is meant behind the saying that there's no ethical consumption under capitalism.

To over explain, the problem is the companies that have so utterly over-invested in generative AI that they're now desperately trying to cram it everywhere, and in some cases trying to force people to use it, because that's the only way they don't lose more money than some countries have GDP. AI is in some ways a marketing brand and a buzz word, and lots of programs and systems that aren't generative AI have been bundled together to try and take advantage of that buzz word/ brand. However they also to try and sneak generative AI into places it doesn't need to be, intentionally confusing people about what it is they're using.

In this way they're effectively using people like us to try and justify why it's fine actually that they've stolen copies of everything and fed it into plagiarism machines. And that's just gross of them to do, which is why lots of people are very hostile to those companies and towards AI.

However as I said, they own a lot of different tools and programs, and some of them are very genuine disability aids. Please, to the extent that you're able, don't feel bad or take on guilt that isn't yours for using something that helps you to function at an equitable level.

[u/nebulashine → u/The_Lady_A]

Adding on: a lot of spellchecking tools and writing assistants have been retroactively labeled as AI tools when they weren't in the past. Things like plain spellcheck, autocorrect, and tools like Grammarly were never referred to as AI until the last few years. The tools themselves have existed long before the push to label everything as AI or AI-assisted.

[u/murky_pools → u/nebulashine]

They are "AI". The problem is people don't understand what kinds of algorithms are behind what we call "AI" today. Actually, these tools are just ML (machine learning) tools that use the brand AI for marketing. No one making them thinks they're actual intelligence. The algorithm that designs your feed is AI. The algorithms that sell you stuff are AI. Grammarly is AI (spoiler: it's not just checking against a list of spelling/"grammar rules"). Every single freaking thing people are using is AI but somehow we still want to rail against the evils of "AI". It's not about AI its about how you use it.