I'm banning AI from my life for all human-to-human communication
The author has decided to ban the use of AI in all human-to-human communications. This includes various forms of written interaction, as the author values the authenticity of human expression. The decision aims to preserve trust in personal interactions and encourage reflection on the role of AI in communication.
- ▪The author will not use AI for emails, chats, or online comments.
- ▪They want to ensure that all written content reflects their genuine human voice.
- ▪The decision is intended to preserve trust in human relationships.
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I'm taking the decision to never use generative/transformative AI for interactions and communications with other humans. That includes email, chat, online comments, any content on this site. But also commit messages, bug tickets, pull request descriptions, decision docs created under my identity and where another human would be expecting to be interacting with me my words. I do not want people to ever have to guess if prose written by myself has been edited or generated using AI tooling. The content will be 100% coming from the human Sam with all my human flaws and human oddities. If you see em-dashes they are mine — my keyboard layout has them in direct access. Any strange, uncanny phrasing is coming from me.
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