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Stop with AI slop.
hi... I'm sorry, but could you please clarify exactly what you mean? In my YouTube tutorials, I do use AI tools for help if that's what you mean... Before AI was available, I would join programming communities or hire tutors for learning; however, sooner or later, it was "RTFM, kid!" and people weren't nice at all, they saw me as a lazy coder who constantly asked for help... help that sooner or later they'd refuse to give... I'm not ashamed to use AI, and if you have a problem with that, sorry...
I meant that this post sounds suspiciously like it was written by ChatGPT. As such, it makes me angry to spend time with something a machine generated.
I am not discouraging you to make use of programming or poetry to improve your wellbeing. If either of those help, do approach it in whichever way you like, AI or not. I am also sorry to hear of your experience of feeling unwelcome in programming communities. I can imagine how someone telling you to read the manual can be unhelpful and demotivating.
What I tried to say was that I would much rather read about all this through your unfiltered words. Even if your thoughts are not always perfectly organised, I would apprrciate them better than anything an LLM can generate.
Hello - thank you for clearing that up and for your appreciative authenticity over perfection - yes, I understand it better now; however, you do know that human mistakes, especially grammar and spelling mistakes, usually make other people mock you and see you as stupid and call you names, etc... that's the dilemma of current times, use LLM for a good impression / good grade / good code / whatever or do it my humanly way and take a risk of being dismissed or rejected or even abused... for one who suffered them all i feel like i can't or don't want to take that risk no more
You touched upon a very important point about current AI use, I think. It made me think we need more empathy for imperfection, rather than technology that would help us avoid criticism.
But I can see your point of not wanting to be rejected (let alone abused!). In this sense, if using LLMs gives you some comfort, I take my words back. Write however you like, just know that some people (like me) will appreciate your uniqueness better even when it shows in your mistakes.
I guess it's the mistakes we make that make the difference and give each one of us our uniqueness - we all like to be successful and perfect, but I guess only failure teaches us about ourselves and about others and the world we live in - thank you for being willing to accept my imperfections and even inviting them :)