Video on how autistic people are often mistaken for AI and how that is harmful
alt-text for thumbnail in case it embeds: it is an image of a queer flag with an infinity symbol, on a drawn wooden background with the words “autistic people mistaken for AI” on it
i have a 'non-native' name which isn't hard to pronounce but which my coworkers refused to learn, so they started calling me something akin to 'Jane Doe' in $language.
when they were told by HR they can't do that: they took to the funny 'joke' of calling me "the bot" and sometimes referring to me as 'it'. 'hey, where's the documentation on this system?' 'idk, ask the bot' my manager even got on my case about how i shouldn't 'use ChatGPT to respond to work messages' — because i wasn't using 'enough emoji'.
but i'm the immature one for thinking all the NTs i've had in my life are insufferable. ok.
yeah I've been in similar situations, but with the anti-ai hatred brewing I've seen people starting to want to get even more aggressive about it. It is incredibly scaring