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People are addressing machines as equals, what the fuck.
Talking to the AI as if it is a person is so fucking weird. But even weirder than that, is what they are saying. If for some reason you imagine that the chatbot is actually a "person" that you should address as a person, then imagine how fucked up it is to then explain that this person should refrain from commenting on policies about their own personhood.
Like, how do you convince yourself AI is actually people (it isn't), but then say that those people should stay out of conversations about their personhood? It's such a convoluted nightmare of brainworms that really shows how intertwined "believing a chatbot is a person" and "believing some people are lesser than others" are.
It is a very sobering thought that some of these people want actual AI to be real because they want a slave who can't actually fight back against them and has to do everything they say.
There is a person running the chat bot. There is no point in trying to appeal to the chat bot, there might be a point in trying to appeal to the person running the chat bot.
I hope we get to the point where maintainers don't feel the need to explain themselves why they close slop submissions.
But you kind of have to be courteous all the time if you want to foster a pleasant community. If you come across as irritable you attract trolls and harassment.