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Comment by robocat

9 days ago

> felt the need to work while ill in bed, with very little sleep and sick with fever

You are assuming that...

He says he currently has a fever.

But was he sick when he wrote the article? That is not so clear.

He was, it's in the first paragraph

> I have been sick with COVID all week /../, while working from bed with a fever and very little sleep, I unintentionally made a serious journalistic error in an article about Scott Shambaugh.

  • How do you unintentionally use an AI to help you write an article?

    • Being under stress and being ill at the same time can change your modus operandi. I know, because that happens to me, too.

      When I'm too tired, too stupid, and too stressed, I stop after a point. Otherwise things go bad. Being sick adds extra mental fog, so I try to stop sooner.

      Being aware of it needs some effort, though.

    • Paste the original blog post into ChatGPT asking it to summarize or provide suggestions. Unintentionally copy and paste quotes from the ChatGPT output rather than the original blog post.

    • A fever can cause altered mental states, confusion, etc. It's not surprising that someone suffering from one would act out of character.

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