Some people say “I don’t need human interaction, I enjoy my time alone!” But that’s because they have the privilege of enough social acceptance and integration that they get to enjoy their time alone.

Oh shit, I was about to contest this logic but no you’re absolutely right.

I’m definitely one of those people, but I also have never gone seeking validation online and missed the bus for a lot of those social media trends (outside of the ones that friends at the time ended up bullying me into using, which I would briefly check out then quickly bail on).

Maybe it is more an issue of identity and self-image, as I’ve never once felt emotionally “connected” to ChatGPT or any of these clunky LLMs people seem to swear by. I do admit that sometimes talking out a problem instead of marinating on it on your own can be useful… but I view it almost as an extension of journaling than anything else. There’s always a clear line for me where it’s like “Okay, I got what I needed out of this interaction and now it’s clearly suggesting additional prompts I don’t need to try and keep me engaging with it”…

It’s crazy to me that other people don’t seem to register that line at all lol, it seems so clearly artificial to me.