A satirical website called “Don’t paste the AI, please” is urging people to respond to questions in their own words rather than forwarding answers copied directly from generative artificial intelligence tools.
The site’s central argument is that when someone asks another person a question, they generally want that individual’s perspective—not text that they could have obtained from a chatbot themselves. It presents unedited AI output as a poor substitute for the context, preferences and judgment that make a personal response useful. [Source 17178]
Addressing people who receive questions from colleagues, friends or other contacts, the site describes a familiar pattern: a request is submitted to a chatbot, and the generated response is copied and returned to the person who asked. Although that approach may appear quick and helpful, the site contends that it can sidestep the thought and engagement implicit in a direct exchange. [Source 17178]
The message does not reject every possible use of AI. Instead, it focuses specifically on passing along machine-generated material as one’s answer without adding an authentic viewpoint. Its appeal is framed around individual responsibility: recipients of questions should read, consider the issue and formulate the next response themselves. [Source 17178]
The website also positions itself as a link that people can send when they encounter a large block of apparent AI-generated text in direct messages, Slack conversations or code reviews. That framing turns the page into both a statement of etiquette and a reusable response to communication that a recipient considers impersonal or insufficiently considered. [Source 17178]
Education is another setting addressed by the project. The site offers itself as something teachers can share with students who submit an AI-generated dissertation or project. It does not set out a detailed academic policy or propose a technical method for detecting generated work; the emphasis remains on asking the sender to think about the material and produce an answer of their own. [Source 17178]
The project explicitly identifies itself as satire. It also invites others to copy, modify or translate its material and says contributions are welcome through GitHub. A reference to an alternative version with stronger language reinforces the deliberately pointed tone, while the main page keeps its argument centered on the value of human thought in everyday communication. [Source 17178]
Taken on its own terms, the site is less a comprehensive critique of artificial intelligence than a concise intervention in how generated text is used between people. Its request is straightforward: AI may make text easy to produce, but a person asking for someone’s view may still expect an answer shaped by that person’s experience, taste and judgment.
