Chris Mairs (@TheOpenEyedMan) header
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Joined April 2025
AI can now translate perfectly. But it still can’t write like you. And sometimes the real failure isn’t the AI—it’s everything around it. Link in first reply. 🧵👇
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We’re building Babel Fish-level tools. But we still don’t fully control how meaning survives the journey.
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If you’re relying on AI to write for you, ask: Are you removing friction… or removing yourself? Ironically this entire X thread was derived by ChatGPT from the ghost post in first reply. The latter is itself 100% my own voice – check out the difference.
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I am glad I went blind slowly. Strange sentence—but it’s true. Because when it comes to loss, the path matters as much as the outcome. Link in first reply. 🧵👇
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We talk about blindness as a single condition. It isn’t. Some are born blind. Some lose sight gradually. Some lose it overnight. Same destination. Completely different journeys.
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Gradual loss gives you something unexpected: Time. Time to adapt. Time to fail. Time to learn. It’s not painless—but it’s survivable
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That’s the interesting part. The issue isn’t just whether AI made the mistake. It’s that blaming AI can feel more socially acceptable than admitting you failed to review your own work.
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My guess: this is a phase. Once everyone uses AI constantly, “the bot did it” will sound just like every other bad worker blaming their tools. Full post link in the first reply.
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