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I-have-ADHD: A skill to stop coding agents from burying the answer

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Re: I-have-ADHD: A skill to stop coding agents from burying the answer

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Post by spicyusername »

oceansweep wrote: post #20
spicyusername wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I mean... like most spectrum disorders, most people experience and can relate to at least some of the core symptoms, even if they don't express the full spectrum or severity. So when someone says they feel like they have ADHD, they are probably not inaccurate.

How can someone say they have a disease or affliction while not understanding what exactly that affliction is as opposed to what they think it is/have been informed by media/society/non-professionals?

How can anyone say anything at all...?

That generalizes all the way.

Everyone's just working off what they've experienced or what they think is true, for mental health or where to find good lunch.

There is no universal truth. Everything is moving relative to everything else. New year, new DSM.

It would be more surprising if our shared experience was more different than more the same.

Re: I-have-ADHD: A skill to stop coding agents from burying the answer

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Post by thenewnewguy »

egeozcan wrote: post #8

As a person who has ADHD, it feels weird when people who obviously do not have it, claim to have it, while there's very little I wouldn't do to "get rid of it" (in quotes because it makes me, me but it's very hard to be me).

I fully agree with you, and I think this trend of glorifying disabilities is cringe - ADHD, autism, etc. are life-altering medical conditions and not desirable.

However, I don't think this specific project is intending to glorify ADHD or help people claim they have it - it's just piggybacking on the idea that telling current-gen LLM models that you have ADHD (allegedly) produces better results for everyone.

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Post by phainopepla2 »

phishin wrote: post #21
egeozcan wrote: post #8

As a person who has ADHD, it feels weird when people who obviously do not have it, claim to have it, while there's very little I wouldn't do to "get rid of it" (in quotes because it makes me, me but it's very hard to be me).

I have it and it is absolute gift that I wouldn’t trade for anything. It has taken years to figure how to harness it though.

Can you explain what about is it a gift? What are the benefits you get from it?

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Post by bflesch »

dentemple wrote: post #26
phishin wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have it and it is absolute gift that I wouldn’t trade for anything. It has taken years to figure how to harness it though.

It's a gift until it's a curse, and ADHD crashout/burnout is an absolute monster to overcome when it arrives. And for any person who's tasked with any sort of responsibility, it WILL arrive at some point. It's not a question of if , only a question of how well you can prepare for its arrival.

At its core it has striking similarities with a freeze response, which is overcome by increasing heart rate (e.g. stimulants, exercise, temperature shock). Big overlap with CPTSD symptoms as well.

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Post by dymk »

phishin wrote: post #21
egeozcan wrote: post #8

As a person who has ADHD, it feels weird when people who obviously do not have it, claim to have it, while there's very little I wouldn't do to "get rid of it" (in quotes because it makes me, me but it's very hard to be me).

I have it and it is absolute gift that I wouldn’t trade for anything. It has taken years to figure how to harness it though.

Look, I’ve got it too. I’m glad we’ve figured out how to “game” the adhd. But it’s not a gift.

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Post by bityard »

egeozcan wrote: post #8

As a person who has ADHD, it feels weird when people who obviously do not have it, claim to have it, while there's very little I wouldn't do to "get rid of it" (in quotes because it makes me, me but it's very hard to be me).

It turns out that most of the things that ADHD people use as coping strategies just to be functional, are actually things that most (non-ADHD) people can use to be more effective and productive in their lives and work.

So, no, not everyone can or should be diagnosed as ADHD. But the tools are (mostly) universally applicable. I don't see the downside in popularizing those. (Since you posted a top-level comment instead of a reply to someone claiming to have ADHD, I have to assume that's your complaint, at any rate.)

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