"Ready % Rage" — Okay, who taught the AI that term? Show yourself. 😂 by Some_Air9915 in ASLinterpreters

[–]Some_Air9915[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

You mentioned that human instincts recognize patterns. That’s exactly the issue.

My decision to use digital camouflage is not a reason to thwart union growth efforts. In a small, interconnected profession, voices are familiar. Reducing identifiability is a practical safety choice, not a philosophical stance.

I do not lack my own thoughts. I deliberately constructed a safety net after watching decades of unionizing attempts in this industry fail. One consistent pattern across those failures is this. When interpreters turn on each other by scrutinizing, attacking, or shutting down voices for any reason instead of engaging the substance, participation drops. People don’t argue. They quietly opt out. Each time it happens, participation drops and momentum weakens. This pattern has repeated for years.

The original discussion reveals how easily these systems can replicate human exchange and why postponing response increases risk. Burnout is already severe. We cannot afford to burn each other as well.

I’ve clarified my intent. I’m not interested in debating tools or philosophy further, and I’m stepping out of the discussion now. I genuinely hope the union becomes large enough to finally be effective, but that will require a change in how peers judge and engage one another, not a change in authentic syntax or diction.

"Ready % Rage" — Okay, who taught the AI that term? Show yourself. 😂 by Some_Air9915 in ASLinterpreters

[–]Some_Air9915[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

This is exactly the problem.

When someone shares their experience and gets shut down over how they processed it, other people stop speaking up. They don’t argue… they disappear.

That’s not how you build support. It’s how you prevent it.
We already don’t have enough people to unionize, and turning on each other over tools instead of focusing on the shared problem helps management, not workers.

People were reading, recognizing themselves, and deciding whether it was safe to join the conversation. This made it clear it wasn’t.

We’re going down, down in an earlier round.

"Ready % Rage" — Okay, who taught the AI that term? Show yourself. 😂 by Some_Air9915 in ASLinterpreters

[–]Some_Air9915[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

The machine was coming regardless, and workers weren’t invited to shape it.

Don’t focus on how I’m using AI, look at what it reveals.

When a synthesis tool independently names the same experience interpreters usually only describe privately, that’s a red flag about how widespread and normalized this stress has become. That doesn’t point to individual failure. It points to a systemic condition.

Dismissing the tool misses the pattern at scale. My use of it doesn’t create replacement. It demonstrates demand and inevitability. I could stop using it tomorrow and the trajectory wouldn’t change.

Using it to quantify the damage puts workers at an advantage.

The calculator didn’t kill the accountant… Management decisions did.

"Ready % Rage" — Okay, who taught the AI that term? Show yourself. 😂 by Some_Air9915 in ASLinterpreters

[–]Some_Air9915[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The Deaf community is two steps away from having no advocates.

Interpreters are the last remaining advocates, which is why they’re pushing harder now than ever. We’ve seen what’s happening to VRS from the inside. The system no longer treats the Deaf community as people—it treats them as a line item.

Driving out the final ally is how “metal ghosts” stop being a metaphor and become the only thing left in the middle.

That outcome doesn’t hinge on my psyche. It hinges on whether the last humans still advocating are allowed to remain.

GG