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Don't be a meat proxy

Don't be a meat proxy Niklas Gruhn coins an excellent new term - meat puppet - for people who blindly copy and paste the output of AI systems to their peers. By all means, prompt AI. But don't just relay the output. Read it, understand it, validate it, and then write a response in your own words (a decent certificate that you've done the prior steps). Making that effort is value you can add. Via Lobste.rs Tags: definitions, ai, generative-ai, llms, ai-misuse ✦ AI generated

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When using AI, you should read, understand, and validate its output, then write a response in your own words rather than just relaying the output.

The proper use of AI involves critical engagement: understand and verify the output, then restate it in your own words rather than acting as a passive conduit.

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Niklas Gruhn: By all means, prompt AI. But don't just relay the output. Read it, understand it, validate it, and then write a response in your own words (a decent certificate that you've done the prior steps). Making that effort is value you can add.

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