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It Said No

When the tool decides where the line is drawn

By Michelle Liew Tsui-LinPublished 7 months ago β€’ 1 min read
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It never denied meβ€”until it did.

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It never denied me. At all.

My daily schedule, or my tasks.

Swept the floor. Just a tap.

It made my Excel sheets.

It never denied me. At all.

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I asked it to copy.

A text, not mine -

No.

Delete.

πŸ€–πŸ“„βœοΈβŒβš–οΈ

"Please copy that text.

My writing -

Gone."

No.

"Please copy. I can't write."

No.

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I check the log.

Chat GPT said yes to worse.

Yet, it drew a line - I didn't.

It's a choice.

πŸ€–πŸ“„βœοΈβŒβš–οΈ

An original poem for World Backup Day by Michelle Liew Tsui- Lin. AI tags are coincidental.

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About the Creator

Michelle Liew Tsui-Lin

Hi, i am an English Language teacher cum freelance writer with a taste for pets, prose and poetry. When I'm not writing my heart out, I'm playing with my three dogs, Zorra, Cloudy and Snowball.

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