#also disclaimer that persons a and b are purely hypothetical and do not represent any of us

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i am gonna stop reblogging after this because i will probably have nothing meaningful to add but. i feel like my point is still being misinterpreted.

-i also hate chatgpt and think nobody should use it because it's useless, thieving, and environmentally unfriendly

-many people using chatgpt do not know why it's a bad thing, because they haven't heard about the environmental impact and all that yet

-they do not know they are fucking up the environment. so they deserve to be told. and given a chance to change their actions

-if someone Knows about the issues with gen ai,knows about alternatives and is still using it. I Agree With Arguing with Those People. I Literally Agree With That.

-lemme. lemme break it down specifically. This is what I'd do if this happened:

Person A: i used chatgpt to answer this math

Person B: hey you know chatgpt is like super wrong on a lot of math and also has a shitty environmental impact right? i can grab some sources on that, but you'd totally be better off using an actual calculator or educational website for that

Person A: oh shit, my bad, im not gonna use chatgpt now

and if person A went like

Person A: yeah ik but i really don't care

then THAT is a person who deserves a fair amount of insulting.

but if the conversation went like

Person A: i used chatgpt for this math problem

Person B: you should be ashamed of yourself, fuck you

Person A: why??? is there something wrong with chatgpt?

Person B: you should just know how do math and you're fucking stupid

Person A: what the fuck man

then that ^ up there ^ is what it feels like a lot of other posts are like. Person B has the exact same correct intents, but they get so caught up in hating chatgpt (the correct part. i hate it too) that they forget not everyone knows Why chatgpt is bad, and then end up using really shitty ableist rhetoric to defend their point when they really didn't have to do that.

in summary

-chatgpt bad

-telling people why chatgpt bad: great. based

-being rude to people who Know why chatgpt is bad: understandable. they're being shitty. not ableist. i never said this was ableist

-being rude to people who Don't Know why chatgpt is bad: useless, assumes everyone knows exactly what we do

-being rude to people because they need help with basic tasks at all: ableist

hope this clears things up

actually i have commented this on enough posts that it should be its own post

chatgpt Bad. we all know and understand this. it is a flawed resource that doesn't understand what it's saying and is putting people off from learning more flexible and important life skills. anything it can do something else can do miles better.

but PLEASE can we stop reinventing ableism to insult anyone who's ever used it?? making recipes can be hard. writing emails can be hard. learning these things is hard, and there are genuinely great resources online to help with those. and if someone mistakes chatgpt for a good resource, then they are literally just believing all the marketing that has been misinforming them!! it does not say anything about their morality. it does not make them stupid. it makes them misinformed, and they deserve to know about better tools for their issues.

but ive seen a lot of people acting like the problem is not people using gen ai to solve issues, it's that people need help with issues at all. and that's...not the issue. some people need outside help to complete tasks. these people will always exist. and informing them that the tool they have found to help them isn't helping them at all, and is stealing information without credit, is important, but shaming them for not knowing how to do basic things is Just Ableism. That's Just Ableism. Come On.

if someone fully knows all about its issues and chooses to still use the misinformation generator of chatgpt for their thesis or degree or what have you, then by all means, have at them for causing future harm to those who learn from them. because they are knowingly doing that. but skipping the Informing part and heading straight to name calling is Not It.

i feel like this is very rambly but basically. people using chatgpt are not your enemy. chatgpt itself and the people creating it are. show people their tool is useless and harmful, and they will listen, learn, and have a better life for it. call people stupid and tell them to be ashamed of themselves, and you are being ableist. it is really that simple.