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Autism: ChatGPT & Me - Talking a New, Powerful Alien Perspective

johnnyprofane1
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23 min readDec 13, 2023

Dear ChatGPT: Imagine you’re an Alien scientist. Visiting from another planet to study human Autism. You see a startling pattern. Human medicine, education, politics… ALL make ONE fatal flaw…

The digital artwork “Autistic Galaxy” presents a human profile merging with an image of outer space. The silhouette transitions into a detailed galaxy, highlighting a black hole at its center, surrounded by stars, planets, and clockwork elements. This scene is set against a muted background, with the galaxy’s blues and golds standing out. The title suggests a connection to the autism spectrum, possibly reflecting the intricate and expansive thought processes characteristic of autistic individual
“Autism Galaxy,” original illustration by author. Digital tools included AI.

👉 Podcast to come…

Here’s a weird post.

This is a conversation I had with ChatGPT 4. I brainstormed a “thought experiment” about autism and human evolution with the AI. And it just may have turned into something… interesting.

Ya know, challenging-conventional-views-on-autism kinda interesting. Tying into broader concepts of neurodiversity.

See, this experiment explores the idea of autistic traits as useful evolutionary adaptation. How autistic humans might have played a vital role in early societies. And how these perspectives could reshape our understanding of neurodiversity today.

Dear ChatGPT: Imagine you’re an Alien scientist. Visiting from another planet to study human Autism. You see a startling pattern. Human medicine, education, politics… ALL make a fatal flaw…

I’d been pondering a few things for some years. And my neurodivergent mind wandered about 5 degrees into the Weird. Here’s the path I traveled.

  1. Genetics? So far as I know, Nature doesn’t keep things…

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