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Asking AI to Help Someone Else
You can use AI to help someone else — like writing a kind message for a friend who is sad..
Explorers · Ethics & Society · ~7 min read
Asking AI to Help Someone Else
You can use AI to help someone else — like writing a kind message for a friend who is sad.
If you are using AI to help, that is nice. If you are using AI to PRETEND to be them, that is not.
Three lines to remember
- Always be the actual sender
- Don't pretend AI made something just for them when it is a copy-paste
- If asked, be honest that AI helped
Key terms in this lesson
The big idea: Using AI to help write a message is fine — pretending it is all from you when it isn't isn't.
Practice this safely
Try this with a low-stakes example and a trusted adult nearby. The goal is to notice how AI talks about authenticity, not to let it make the decision for you.
- 1Ask AI to explain authenticity in plain language, then underline anything that sounds uncertain or too broad.
- 2Give it one detail from "Asking AI to Help Someone Else" and ask for two possible next steps plus one reason each step might be wrong.
- 3Check attribution against a trusted source, teacher, adult, expert, or original document before you use it.
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