Gael 🌀

Hank isn't using AI to write his scripts and then share that information uncritically and with no regard for accuracy. He's using LLMs to search for academic papers that are otherwise hard to find with regular search engines (which indicates an accessibility issue in academic research even for science communicators who know how and where to seek these papers). He's also already admitted to using AI chatbots in a way that is unhealthy and to being potentially addicted to the dopamine of instant gratification that it gives him, someone with ADHD, which is a very real problem that we are facing with neurodivergent users of AI chatbots across the world.

These things don't imply an ignorant person using an evil tool without knowledge, sure, but they also do not in any fucking way imply a Machiavellian mastermind tricking us all into thinking he's a Good Leftist Softboy. This is someone who's self aware and willing to listen to criticism and feedback, someone who understands these tools can be extremely hurtful. Isn't that what we're looking for in the people we look up to???

Hank Green is one of the biggest science communicators of our generation and someone who cares deeply about spreading knowledge, and in an age of AI-written/produced/edited videos, it's fucking absurd to compare him with people who are uncritically posting as much slop as they can to get a few bucks off YouTube views.