in the face of AI discourse, a lot of my regular progressive friends suddenly started to sound uncomfortably conservative, and that's beginning to worry me as an autistic person
like no dude, …
it's not okay to ridicule or shame people who don't like social interactions.
even moreso, enjoying social situations or interacting with others is not a prerequisite to being a human person.
doing work the difficult, manual way is not more ethical, honourable, human or valuable than using assistive technology.
making art is not the ultimate purpose of humanity, and people who do not make/enjoy/consume art are not lesser humans.
"just go outside and talk to people" is not an option for everyone nor is it inherently valiant or morally better than not doing so.
not everyone can "just write/draw/do it yourself".
using a computer is not an indicator of being a creep, a loser or a failure.
there is nothing superior or holy or pure about humanity.
note how none of these things mention generative AI at all? i made no statements at all about whether I think generative AI use is good or bad or whether it's appropriate in these situations.
I just listed a bunch of obviously ableist statements and behaviours I see people make constantly now in the context of AI.
the thing is, it doesn't matter whether you're using these in a conversation about generative AI, your arguments still carry some awful implications.
#ableism #ai #antiai #actuallyautistic
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