Honestly, I think I'm alright at spotting AI generated comments. They're so well constructed. They're usually a perfectly summary of what I've said with no mistakes and nothing relatable in them, and nothing value added.

It's exactly like telling someone about your day, and they just summarise your day back at you.

I find it intensely irritating and am quick to judge anyone using AI to write comments. And yes, I'll dob you in to anyone listening.

^{Original drawing by moi}

Here's three reasons why you should not use AI generated comments on HIVE.

1. You're Going to Lose Your Ability to Make Real Comments Yourself

It's true. They've done studies on people who use AI to write all the time and guess what? They lose their ability to write. They found students who used AI to write essays had less brain activity than people who did their own work.

It's the old 'use it or lose it' adage.

And if you think you're bad at making comments because you speak another language, how will you ever get better if you're asking AI to do the work for you? You're not.

2. Hive People Don't Care If You Make Mistakes

There's a whole heap of real people here from all over the world. India. The Philippines. Croatia. Nigeria. It's a global community. We understand that English isn't always your first language.

We get that you might use AI to polish up your work and to make it read more clearly, and totally think AI translators are a great tool.

But please don't worry about making mistakes in the comment section - we honestly don't care. As long as we understand your meaning, we don't care about perfect grammar. We just appreciate the conversation.

3. We Would Rather Authenticity

One of the big problems with AI is that it's not us. It never has been. It's just saying what we want to hear. It's gathering everything it has ever learnt and regurgitating it back at us. It's not real, authentic, or original.

Do you honestly think I'd rather talk to an AI than YOU? The best blogs we read on HIVE are about real people having real experiences, and sharing them with their communities. Humans are messy, curious, interesting, colourful, creative and amazing beings. That's what we are here for.

4. Lazy People Suck

Seriously, are you just copying and pasting this blog post into Chat GPT and saying 'write me a comment to this blog post'?

There's people here that work hard, man. And here's you trying to suck the reward pool for doing nothing that requires any effort. You are no better than a plagiarist! Cue angry face.

I'm absolutely positive that those using AI for nefarious reasons aren't gonna read nor understand this post. However, maybe some of you might, or even just one, so this might not be a complete waste of time. However, I feel that if enough of us say it often enough, perhaps we set a standard of behavior for this platform that continues to make it a good place to be, no?

With Love,

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