Questioning AI Validation

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THE QUESTION

What do I mean when I say AI validated me?

Validation can mean agreement, recognition, confirmation, reassurance, permission, understanding, affirmation, or something else. Before deciding what AI validation means, begin by Questioning what you are actually asking the response to do.

A QUESTION TO HOLD

What am I actually asking AI to validate?

BEGIN WHERE SOMETHING GETS YOUR ATTENTION.

You do not have to answer every Question.

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BEGIN HERE

What do I mean by validation here?

agreement
recognition
confirmation
reassurance
permission
understanding
affirmation
witness

What am I asking AI to validate?

My experience?
My emotion?
My interpretation?
My conclusion?
My judgment?
My identity?
My decision?

TENSION

Am I asking AI to validate my experience - or my interpretation?

WHAT ARE YOU NOTICING?

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VALIDATION / AUTHORITY

When does AI validation become evidence for me?

Evidence that I am right?
Evidence that my interpretation is correct?
Evidence about who I am?
Evidence that a decision is justified?
Why does this source count?

When does feeling understood become feeling confirmed?

VALIDATION / VERIFICATION

What did the validation actually do?

recognized
agreed
reassured
reflected
confirmed
encouraged
challenged
gave permission

Am I distinguishing validation from verification?

How much of the response depends on the version of the situation I supplied?

QUESTION / RESPONSE / WHAT I'M NOTICING

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LET THE QUESTION MOVE

How am I participating in the validation I receive from AI?

What did I ask?
What context did I provide?
What did I leave out?
Did I ask again?
Did I change the framing?
Was I seeking examination - or confirmation?
What happened when AI disagreed?

What happens when I ask AI for validation before I have asked myself what I think?

LOOK AGAIN THROUGH THE THREE LENSES

SELF

What do I use AI validation to tell me about myself?

SYSTEMS

What System is mediating the validation I experience?

SOCIETY

What changes when validation becomes technologically available at societal scale?

BRING THE QUESTION BACK

What was I asking to be validated?
What authority did I give the response?
Am I distinguishing validation from verification?

What does this reveal about Being Human?

Answers can come from anywhere. Questioning remains yours.

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