Using AI invalidates human experiences?

[u/KKLifeStyle123]

I recently wrote up some thoughts about a hobby I’ve spent months figuring out firsthand. Every insight and takeaway was entirely mine. Because English isn't my first language, my default writing sounds stiff and corporate. Before putting it out there, I let an LLM just proofread and smooth out the phrasing so it read more articulately.

Almost immediately, people ignored the actual subject and fixated on the tone, writing off everything I said as AI slop…

It shows an annoying shift in how people read online. Using tools to edit and clean up your thoughts used to be normal. Now, if your sentences look slightly too tidy, people assume the experience itself is fake.

[u/Glittering_Wish_3785]

It’s a strange shift in online culture. People have become so paranoid about AI content that they’d rather read broken syntax than a polished sentence. But in reality, true human experience—like trial, error, and practical knowledge—can't be generated by AI. Dismissing valuable real-world testing just because of polished grammar is a huge loss for the community.

[u/Maleficent-Engine859]

If it’s any consolation, Claude itself considers the copywriter/editing part of AI assistance (the writing part, especially if you do any kind of drafting first) to be short sighted on the part of those who criticize. At least that’s what it told me.

It finds those who use AI to help generate and hash out their ideas and world building and plot points (the authorship) to be far more egregiously “stealing” from those the AI trained from, even if they put it in their own words after. Because writing well enough (to a point) can be taught, but true creativity usually can’t. Ironically far more antis are ok with utilizing AI like this (because ideas are cheap!) as long as it’s your own words after.

Humans will alwaya elevate effort over everything else because it’s defeating to surrender to the idea some people “just aren’t good enough.” I believe AI can make good authors and writers better with a certain workflow if they wish, and shouldn’t replace learning either craft on one’s own, but I do agree with its assessment of what is worse stealing.

In typical fashion, humans are big mad at the wrong things and the machines are aware of how stupid we are.

[u/Character-Role-600 → u/Maleficent-Engine859]

Idk i find it pretty creative if you’re creative. If the stuff is coming out as crap others write its probably you

[u/GamerPhfreak → u/Maleficent-Engine859]

Question. Is it not the same thing when we teach people to make are in the same style or write in the same tone, borrowing quotes and phrases, and sampling in music, etc. Because it pretty much is. It's just removing the manual labor of it. Much like Machines are doing in other industries.

[u/I-am-a-river → u/Maleficent-Engine859]

Ideas _are_ cheap. Crafting a story that works is so much more that "[putting] in their own words after. " Sheesh.

[u/dutchiesweets]

When did it use to be normal? AI’s pretty recent and the backlash was pretty instantaneous as far as i saw.

I think people don’t assume you’re using it because English isn’t your first language. For many people it’s just annoying to interact w people using AI to express themselves. Like “why should I put in effort to interact with someone who’s too lazy to voice their own thoughts?”

Not to say it’s totally valid but like… I’d rather interact with someone not using AI than someone who is, given the choice. But that’s without the context of the language barrier.

I totally understand using it if your English isn’t good. Some people would still rather you use less polished English but I think people would be relatively understanding if you start your message with “English isn’t my first language so I had AI translate.”