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2026-05-16 18:55 UTC

OK here’s a followup, which I’m putting out here as there’s probably a higher proportion of neurodivergent people here than in other fora I frequent A commenter on lobste.rs states that being anti-LLM is effectively being against neurodivergent individuals, because many such individuals express themselves in prose in a way that’s indistinguishable from LLM output. Is this a widespread viewpoint? lobste.rs/…/this_is_written_by_llm_comments_shoul…

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@dgerard@awful.systems 2026-05-16 21:18

I called it out as lies and bullshit, the poster asserted it was totally true and I asked for numbers to support this statistical claim.

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@YourNetworkIsHaunted@awful.systems 2026-05-17 04:19

I was trying to reply by way of linking a piece by Robert Kingett that had been shared here some time ago that, in excruciating detail and with righteous fury distilled to cold analysis, explained why AI is absolute shit for accessibility aids. His experience is in the realm of physical disability rather than neurodivergance, but that only makes the problems more starkly illustrated rather than unique. Unfortunately I couldn’t find that piece, but I found this one and needed to explain to the kid why I randomly laughed out loud.

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@froztbyte@awful.systems 2026-05-17 06:22

I recall seeing someone elsewhere on the fedi trying to drum up a point like that a few weeks ago, their complaint was something like “I’ve been chased out of neurodivergent spaces for not being enough into LLMs” No idea if their claim was true; I can definitely see the possibility of some ND neurotypes slanting more favourable, but nfi on the values Not sure I buy the ground for that argument anyway tho. Lotta people used to smoke and society slapped all manner of regulation on that

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@gerikson@awful.systems 2026-05-16 21:38

here’s another commenter saying being against LLMs is being against the otherly abled: lobste.rs/c/rn9mo4 (commenter is a notorious promptfondler)

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