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Influenced by this post https://distantprovince.by/posts/its-rude-to-show-ai-output-to-people/, which argues that showing AI output to colleagues is counter productive. When doing so, you're at risk of intentionally or unintentionally legitimizing it with your name, providing it with a fake proof-of-thought. In some cases, it's fine, because you did think it through and adopted the AI output as your own.
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Closed in favor of https://github.com/thoughtbot/handbook/pull/4330 |
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Edit: Closed in favor of https://github.com/thoughtbot/handbook/pull/4330
Influenced by this post https://distantprovince.by/posts/its-rude-to-show-ai-output-to-people/, which argues that showing AI output to colleagues is counter productive.
"When doing so, you're at risk of intentionally or unintentionally legitimizing it with your name, providing it with a fake proof-of-thought.
In some cases, it's fine, because you did think it through and adopted the AI output as your own."
I'm open to moving this advice somewhere else, or changing a "Don't" to "Avoid".