I never said there was anything wrong with copying. I was simply pointing out a stereotype.

The stereotype of arch uses generally being smart is no longer. The “I use arch btw” meme brought a whole new user base to arch. You’ll find them on r/unixporn showing off their hyperland rice that they copied from some other user…

Exactly. At the end of the day it is the human behind the computer that clicks send/post. Use AI all you want, just proof read the the stuff before publishing it. Some people don’t have a great vocabulary, and in some respect using AI can help to grow their vocabulary. Just don’t publish things you wouldn’t normally say, especially things you don’t fully understand.

I’ve used AI intermittently to draft emails when time poor. It’s much faster to give ChatGPT a sloppy prompt with the gist of the message for it to then instantly spit out a full draft. The responsible thing to do then is to proof read it and make changes that make it more “you”. I think that’s fine.

I have always enjoyed good punctuation. And being a bit of a nerd myself, I used em dashes throughout University in my essays. To me it felt like a cool little keyboard shortcut that only few knew about. I still use them today—in emails and reports. I haven’t yet been personally called out for using AI, but I have noticed a lot more people using them.

So what if people use AI to help them with their grammar and punctuation. At the end of the day, people are still sending messages they endorse—even if it’s not one they could have articulated without some help from AI.