Hi everyone. I'm a senior Computer Engineering student and my girlfriend is a senior Mechanical Engineering student.

She is caring, cute, clever and really thoughtful. I love everything about her. But the one thing that always bugs me out is the amount of AI she uses.

When we met 2 years ago the first topic we talked about was about AI and ever since that day I always mentioned her the advancements and dangers of AI. I said how there can't be ethical AI and any use of it is harmful.

She agrees with me every time and says she will decrease her usage but at the end she uses it still. Projects, reports, homeworks all go through the LLM. She shows me her work and I can't congratulate her without forcing myself because I know it's AI.

She has diagnosed ADHD and I think this might be one of the reasons but I still don't understand. She sometimes spends hours working. If she had spent that time with pen and paper she could've reached the same conclusions she did with AI but with more understanding of her work.

I don't want to upset her but also seeing someone this close to me do this is saddening to me. What should I do? Should I just ignore it?

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[–] 19 points 9 hours ago

Commenting just to reiterate what a lot of the other comments are saying. It's ok if AI use is a dealbreaker for you, it would be for me. I personally have a list of companies I boycott and if my partner didn't care enough to also boycott them then in my opinion we just wouldn't align enough to stay together. That being said, you can also just decide that not using AI is important to you but you will tolerate it in a partner. My main advice if that's the route you go would be to be clear that you don't personally use it and draw clear boundaries. It's ok to say for example "if you use AI for a project I'm not interested in reviewing/discussing it". Maybe that's a dealbreaker for her, I don't know, but I'd just sit down with yourself and determine 1) if it's a dealbreaker or not and 2) if it's not a dealbreaker what your boundaries about it are. You just have to be ready for whatever her decision is regarding that. If you tell her it's not a dealbreaker then you should just let it go. No one likes being nagged. But you also don't have to support it, just be clear about that and keep consistent with whatever you said you were/weren't going to do when she brings it up.

Also, I think the comments calling you controlling are out of line. You can have preferences regarding your partners behavior. It only becomes controlling in very specific conditions. If you're unclear about your desires and then retaliate against her without her knowing why that would be one way of being controlling. If you're open and honest and communicate that you have a preference and are open to her response then you're probably perfectly fine. The most important thing is clear communication and respecting each others boundaries.

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