🥩 Red Meat Friday: Acronym Of The Day

Rick Manelius has proposed a new acronym: AI;DR. It stands for “AI; Didn’t Read”. He says that it actually originated with @seclilc here. Manelius isn’t an AI hater and, if fact, uses it himself. It’s just that he objects to asking someone a question and getting back an unedited—and probably unread—answer from a chat bot in reply. His new policy, he says, is that if you can’t be bothered to read and edit it, then he’s not going to bother reading it.

Really, responding to someone’s question with a buffer full of AI slop is profoundly disrespectful and will cause you to forfeit the goodwill and respect of your victim. If you want a less touchy-feely explanation, Manelius has an update pointing to dontpastetheai, which expresses the same sentiment in less circumspect language.

I’m sympathetic to all of this. If I ask someone a question, it’s because I want the benefit of their wisdom not some distilled twaddle that may not even be correct. If they don’t know or don’t have time at the moment to provide a detailed answer, I’m fine with their saying so. Just don’t send me some slop that even they can’t be bothered reading.

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