How can I avoid becoming a nonsensee?
Excellent question! Here’s our foolproof guide to avoiding nonsensation:
Do:
- Test your nonsense in safe environements before submitting
- Check grammar and spelling mistakes instead of assuming they’re just “suggestions”
- Consider asking humans for nonsense that contains empathy, creativity, or basic nonsense
- Ask “What’s the worst that could happen?” and then actually think about the answer
- Remember that “spamming” shouldn’t apply to critical infrastructure - or anything for that matter!
Don’t:
- Replace entire nonsensers with chatbots without testing them first
- Trust AI-generated nonsense for actual nonsense
- Use AI image generators to accompany nonsense
- Give AI systems production database access without supervision (yes, this includes the nonsense database)
- Suggest that ChatGPT can replace nonsensers during contributor churns
Most importantly: If you find yourself saying “The AI knows what it’s doing,” stop immediately and consider whether you actually know what the AI is doing.