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"Chat GPT is just an automated mansplaining machine: Look, we’ve all met this guy before"

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  This image is a representation of AI as a mansplaining/condescending guy Listen this post by clicking here Introduction In this post, I make areflection on Maggie Harrison Dupré’s article, “ChatGPT Is Just an Automated Mansplaining Machine.” The author criticizes how ChatGPT often provides wrong information in a tone that is, condescending and patronizing just like the stereotypical “mansplainer.” My Previous Perception on ChatGPT Before reading this article and taking the Digital Literacy course at Queen’s University, I was an enthusiastic user, maybe even “fan” of ChatGPT. I relied on it primarily for: ·        Brainstorming lecture materials ·        Improving my writing ·        Answering everyday questions While I had occasionally noticed errors or invented examples, I generally found it to be a trustworthy tool. This article, however, made me reconsider ...