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I Wasn't Allowed Prompting ChatGPT During My Chalk Talk: This Is Discrimination (2025)

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Re: I Wasn't Allowed Prompting ChatGPT During My Chalk Talk: This Is Discrimination (2025)

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Post by JumpCrisscross »

Dependance wrote: post #16
mrgoldenbrown wrote: post #11

This is satire.

Honest question : does it need to be said ? It's like the /s sign. Can some people not, for themselves, realize that this text is meant as a more or less a joke ? And before you ask, yeah, I am aware some of the people are on the spectrum, but still... Is humor that hard to grasp on the internet ?

> Honest question : does it need to be said ?

Yes. There are literally people who believe any thinking done without AI is Luddite and subpar.

These are not, in my experience, people who have done any great thinking in their lives. They do tend to tweet a lot.

Re: I Wasn't Allowed Prompting ChatGPT During My Chalk Talk: This Is Discrimination (2025)

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Post by firefoxd »

Do note that this was written in December 2025, and we have experienced leaps in capabilities since then. Her methods are outdated. Since January, I've been employed at 3 jobs, fulltime, by using ProxyAI [0]. I'm Chair in several universities. For all I know, I'm also part of several projects.

Don't let this kind of blatant discrimination affect you. The future is bright.

Note: the service is free once you give it access to your bank account.

[0]: https://getproxyai.com/

Edit: downvote from the haters, it's ok this account is managed by my proxy.

Re: I Wasn't Allowed Prompting ChatGPT During My Chalk Talk: This Is Discrimination (2025)

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Post by root_axis »

firefoxd wrote: post #62

Do note that this was written in December 2025, and we have experienced leaps in capabilities since then. Her methods are outdated. Since January, I've been employed at 3 jobs, fulltime, by using ProxyAI [0]. I'm Chair in several universities. For all I know, I'm also part of several projects. Don't let this kind of blatant discrimination affect you. The future is bright. Note: the service is free once you give it ac…

The TAM for ProxyAI is even bigger than SpaceX's. Hopefully they IPO soon.

Re: I Wasn't Allowed Prompting ChatGPT During My Chalk Talk: This Is Discrimination (2025)

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Post by em-bee »

H8crilA wrote: post #41
Dependance wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Honest question : does it need to be said ? It's like the /s sign. Can some people not, for themselves, realize that this text is meant as a more or less a joke ? And before you ask, yeah, I am aware some of the people are on the spectrum, but still... Is humor that hard to grasp on the internet ?

When I started reading it I thought for far too long that this person is actually stupi^H^H^H^H^H serious. So writing that it is satire is useful for people that do not read enough of the text, and just jump into the comments :) Also, this type of behavior has little to do with the neurodivergent spectrum, if anything it touches personality types, maybe maybe some trauma or addiction, unlikely to be caused by anythin…

same, i didn't catch the satire and eventually got tired of the stupidity. the thing is, a lot of people around me are using AI like the person in the story. and they are entirely serious. they are not scientists but they could be writing this article and actually mean it.

Re: I Wasn't Allowed Prompting ChatGPT During My Chalk Talk: This Is Discrimination (2025)

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Post by joeframbach »

talon8635 wrote: post #35
topham wrote: post #2

"prepared to do what I do every single day in my actual scientific practice: type a prompt and receive a coherent, well-structured response that I would then lightly edit and present as my own thinking." So, plagiarism. Daily.

What’s going on with social queues today where so many people here are not immediately understanding this is clearly satire?

I think this thread is a good indicator of llm bots vs human accounts on HN. The bots couldn't identify satire.

Re: I Wasn't Allowed Prompting ChatGPT During My Chalk Talk: This Is Discrimination (2025)

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Post by ghusto »

Dependance wrote: post #16
mrgoldenbrown wrote: post #11

This is satire.

Honest question : does it need to be said ? It's like the /s sign. Can some people not, for themselves, realize that this text is meant as a more or less a joke ? And before you ask, yeah, I am aware some of the people are on the spectrum, but still... Is humor that hard to grasp on the internet ?

When it's this poorly executed, yes it needs to be said.

I was going back and forth on whether it was for far longer than I should have been.

Re: I Wasn't Allowed Prompting ChatGPT During My Chalk Talk: This Is Discrimination (2025)

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Post by rolph »

im3w1l wrote: post #46
rolph wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>>Instead of a human wearing an exoskeleton, an AI wearing a biological exoskeleton remember this the next time you encounter a request to donate your body.

I didn't mean it in the literal sense more like the AI is telling you do this do this do this do that and you relaying what happened and what you saw over text.

i thought so, but i ran with it.

Re: I Wasn't Allowed Prompting ChatGPT During My Chalk Talk: This Is Discrimination (2025)

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Post by low_tech_love »

JumpCrisscross wrote: post #61
Dependance wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Honest question : does it need to be said ? It's like the /s sign. Can some people not, for themselves, realize that this text is meant as a more or less a joke ? And before you ask, yeah, I am aware some of the people are on the spectrum, but still... Is humor that hard to grasp on the internet ?

> Honest question : does it need to be said ? Yes. There are literally people who believe any thinking done without AI is Luddite and subpar. These are not, in my experience, people who have done any great thinking in their lives. They do tend to tweet a lot.

Why would you bother telling them it’s satire?
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