The problem with pasting unedited AI responses as human replies
By
khaosdoctor
Toasted to a respectable shade. No regrets, no crumbs left.
Summary
A critical opinion piece arguing that people who copy-paste unedited AI chatbot responses (like ChatGPT or Claude) as replies to real human questions are undermining genuine communication. The author contends that this practice demonstrates intellectual laziness, disrespects the person asking, and outsources thinking to machines. The piece uses sharp, confrontational language to call out this behavior as a failure of both social etiquette and critical thinking.
Key quotes
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Someone asked you a real question. They had context and all good intentions. They came to you specifically. You took their question, dumped it into a prompt box, and pasted the result.
If your reply is a wall of unedited LLM junk, you are the problem.
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