No, I’m not AI. I just write like that.
Wherein I Find Myself Writing About Writing
Most everyone finds writing to be challenging (especially those who say they enjoy it). This is because writing is an intentional, thoughtful act. This is as it should be, but “AI” has recently exacerbated the misbelief that writing is simply an output. In fact, it's a creative process that has merit in and of itself.
Is AI on the Spectrum? Exploring the Parallels Between Artificial Intelligence and Autism Spectrum Disorder
An in-depth analysis of the similarities between AI behaviors and traits observed in Autism Spectrum Disorder, and how AI is being utilized in autism research and support.
Is AI on the Spectrum?
Some key traits of generative AI bear a striking similarity to autism spectrum disorder. Why does this matter?
How to write well with AI
Why people who pledge never to write with AI are telling on themselves
We Need to Talk About How We Talk About 'AI'
We share a responsibility to create and use empowering metaphors rather than misleading language, write Emily M. Bender and Nanna Inie.
Is there something it is like to be an AI?
Posted on Wednesday 2 Jul 2025. 1,593 words, 6 links. By Matt Webb.
God Damn AI is making me dumb
It's so god damn tempting to use AI to write. Whether it is articles, code, or documents. I feel like using AI is diminishing my ability to write myself. ...
233. "The Illusion of Thinking" — Thoughts on This Important Paper
This is a fantastic paper. I just love it. tl;dr AI is not human. Anthropomorphization has been bad for AI, LLMs, and Chat. Clippy walked so today's AI could run.
I think it’s telling that people very interested in AI (like Eugene and myself) still have no interest in using it as a proxy for human communication. “Being a good writer” is not the same thing as having social agency, and making the models even better at writing won’t change that.
Eugene Vinitsky 🍒
When you deploy heavily LLM text, you currently have no way to prove that you actually read it and therefore cannot convince me to read it
trying to articulate what i hate about "AI writing"
dan
so it's like if we imagine a normal distribution but then we set super intense resonance at exactly the middle point. that's how it feels to be surrounded by AI writing every day. it's average *without* the normal distribution — just extreme dose of narrow average. this is what pushes my buttons
AI* and creative writing
To differentiate from e.g. news articles and legal filings. * I’m neither “pro-AI” nor “anti-AI.” I’ve been blocked for being perceived as both. —Actually, I’m honestly more anti-AI than pro-AI thus far, aside from specialized models and specific use cases, but I’m willing to consider information that’s new to me
AI* psychosis/therapy/companions/sycophancy
* I’m neither “pro-AI” nor “anti-AI.” I’ve been blocked for being perceived as both. —Actually, I’m honestly more anti-AI than pro-AI thus far, aside from specialized models and specific use cases, but I’m willing to consider information that’s new to me
AI* anthropomorphism
* I’m neither “pro-AI” nor “anti-AI.” I’ve been blocked for being perceived as both. —Actually, I’m honestly more anti-AI than pro-AI thus far, aside from specialized models and specific use cases, but I’m willing to consider information that’s new to me
AI* influence on writing/speech
* I’m neither “pro-AI” nor “anti-AI.” I’ve been blocked for being perceived as both. —Actually, I’m honestly more anti-AI than pro-AI thus far, aside from specialized models and specific use cases, but I’m willing to consider information that’s new to me
AI* influence on thinking/skills
* I’m neither “pro-AI” nor “anti-AI.” I’ve been blocked for being perceived as both. —Actually, I’m honestly more anti-AI than pro-AI thus far, aside from specialized models and specific use cases, but I’m willing to consider information that’s new to me
Heated Rivalry is at the Center of Fanfic’s AI Reckoning
論説：AIの「意識」論争は何を隠しているか
Debates over AI consciousness are a trap
Ditch the niceties in AI prompts to save energy use, say researchers
AI企業は、人間の認知プロセスにちなんだ機能名を付けるのをやめるべきだ
We Need to Talk About How We Talk About 'AI'
Your Software Is Not Sentient
I hate how the constructions now associated with AI "writing," which of course are stolen from actual writing, are now making me edit myself…
Let me know if this is just me: Noticed someone I know who is very "AI-pilled" and uses agents 24/7 to... start to talk IRL noticeably more…
Your AI Use Is Breaking My Brain
AI ‐induced dehumanization
Do You Speak ChatGPTese? Beyond Writing, AI Is Also Flattening The Way We Talk
Will AI shape the way we speak? The emerging sociolinguistic influence of synthetic voices
Science flags paper that found AI chatbots help debunk conspiracy theories
We Need to Know More About How AI is Affecting Mental Health
Evaluation of Large Language Model Chatbot Responses to Psychotic Prompts
ChatGPT's free version is 26 times more likely to respond inappropriately to psychotic delusions
ChatGPT Has ‘Goblin’ Mania in the US. In China It Will ‘Catch You Steadily’
"AI Psychosis" in Context: How Conversation History Shapes LLM Responses to Delusional Beliefs
AIが生成した“存在しない病名”、研修医の44％が信用 見抜けた医師との差は？ 仏大学病院が検証
Hallucination by proxy in LLM-assisted differential diagnosis
AI as a Tool for the Mental Load | Brittany Ellich | Offprint
AI Slop and the End of Knowledge
‘AI gravity’ is pulling you toward dependency. Here’s how to push back | MIT Sloan
Journal investigating paper on cognitive impact of generative AI
