Don't be a meat proxy

	Don't be a meat proxy(gruhn.me)
	1788 points by ngruhn 72 days ago \| 716 comments
	tl;dr: Don't paste raw AI output into Slack, PR reviews, or group chats — it wastes recipients' time since they could prompt the AI themselves with better context. If you use AI, read and validate the output, then respond in your own words. Otherwise, in scenarios like code review, you're just acting as a "meat proxy" while the reviewer ends up doing the actual implementation work through their own AI.
	HN Discussion: ↑Shares frustrating firsthand experiences of receiving unvalidated AI output from coworkers ↑Confronting or calling out meat-proxy behavior effectively stops it ~Pasting AI output is acceptable when teams share trust and validate before forwarding •This behavior predates LLMs; people always parroted sources like Stack Overflow without understanding •Technical fixes like simpler language settings help reduce cognitive burden of AI text