Rose Ⓐ 🏳️‍⚧️ (it/its)Jul 23, 2023

Seeing more and more autistic people being accused of being AI.

This hatred of the way AI interacts is a disability issue. It is a neurodivergence issue.

I want to be clear with this message. This always came from a place of ableism. Ableism is fucking rampant in even leftist communities. Any leftist group that allows this shit to go on not only will never achieve anything meaningfully leftist, it is straight up our enemy.

Don't be the enemy of disabled people.

(Y'all should boost this one)

#ActuallyAutistic @actuallyautistic #Neurodivergent #ableism #Anarchism #Anarchy #Anarchist #Communism

Show threadDr. Angus Andrea Grieve-SmithJul 23, 2023
@RosethornRangerTTV I don't think the way "AI" interacts is anything like the way autistic people do. I hate it because it's exploitation. For me it has nothing to do with disabilities.
Show threadEpiphanic SynchronicityJul 23, 2023

@grvsmth @RosethornRangerTTV I agree. Being critical of AI/LLM does **not** equal hatred of or prejudice against autistic people. Throwing autistic people into a shared protected class with robot “intelligence” would foster rather than reduce misunderstanding of and prejudice against them.

That humans are being accused of being AI shows that AI is already doing real personal and societal harm, and at the very least calls for critical analysis of its practical and ethical ramifications.

Show threadDr. Angus Andrea Grieve-SmithJul 24, 2023
@EpiphanicSynchronicity Wow, did she block you too?
Show threadEpiphanic SynchronicityJul 24, 2023
@grvsmth How can you tell?
Show threadDr. Angus Andrea Grieve-SmithJul 24, 2023
@EpiphanicSynchronicity I can't see her posts, and when I click on her handle it says "Profile unavailable" and the Follow button is disabled...
Show threadEpiphanic Synchronicity
@grvsmth That didn’t happen to me. Not sure why it did to you. Maybe she misinterpreted what you were saying.
Jul 24, 2023 at 4:18pmWeb
Show threadDr. Angus Andrea Grieve-SmithJul 24, 2023
@EpiphanicSynchronicity Maybe so. Your take was a bit clearer. I dunno. I'm always wary of any attempts to essentialize neurological differences, especially hypothetical ones.