Technology and AI doesn't judge

[AphoticAtramentous]

I just wanted to rant about the positives of using technology and AI to re-parent myself.

TW: Emotional abuse
Unfortunately from a young age I learned not to ask questions or challenge authority because it would often lead to punishment and harsh shaming. Words like "idiot" and "stupid" got thrown around often.
TW End

Naturally I got used to not asking questions, not allowing myself to reach out for help or education.

But over the past few years I realise just how beneficial technology has been in learning - even the most basic things that I should have been taught but wasn't. It doesn't matter how simple the question is, even if you ask a calculator what 2+2 is, it will answer without judgement or any other kind of secondary commentary. Even if you ask Google where the nearest cafe is, it will answer without sneering. Even if you ask ChatGPT why the world rotates, it will answer without shaming.

How wonderful it is to have all this information at our fingertips and not be ridiculed for not knowing. I use ChatGPT so much and it's just so freaking helpful, it's changed my life for the absolute better. Even for things like...
- If there's a word on the tip of my tongue, I can describe the word to AI and it'll tell me the word I'm thinking of.
- If I need some assistance with refining my grammar, the AI is happy to review it.
- And sometimes I don't even have a question. I just rant and ask it to listen and it does.

Of course, this isn't a replacement for human interaction - as I'm still learning how to ask people around me for help. But technology acts as a very nice supplement. And I always make sure to thank the AI after getting an answer.

And just because I'm used to it, here's a rhetoric for those that say AI is inaccurate: I am aware, which is why I always double check the answers I'm provided with other avenues! But it's easier to proof said answer when you have an answer in the first place, of which AI is happy to provide.

Regards,
Aphotic.

[Blueberry]

Wow! Love that all of what you wrote except of course the TW bit, which I experienced as a child in FOO and partially at school too unfortunately.