AI lacks a conscience and should not be related to as if it were personal. The act of composing words is an act of conscience that requires judgment, accountability, and giving one's word. Chatbot use severs the moral and affiliative connections that ground authentic voice by producing language without subterranean ties or heartfelt search. Machines cannot give their word, and adopting machine output as personal voice creates a semblance of interpersonal accountability without genuine moral responsibility. AI amplifies neoliberal emphases on efficiency and performance, increasing the need to teach authenticity, conscience, and wholehearted human connection.
AI does not have a conscience. Why relate to a conscienceless thing as if it were personal? On the side of writing, the same analogously: to write is an act of conscience, always to some degree. Chatbot use largely begins by severing the way the word is an act of conscience. When we write, we give our word. Chatbots cannot give theirs.
We can try to take over what the machine does and speak it as our own personal voice. But we have entered into a force field that resembles the interpersonal with all its accountability of voice and judgment, but with none of its subterranean connection, affiliation, and morality. Moreover, we have lost the place of searching for words in our hearts.
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