While for many of us AI chatbots are perhaps just an interesting novelty, for some people they are proving to be transformational.
She uses Jasper to help her tidy up both the structure and spelling of her written work, which now even includes a recently published self-help book for people withLondon-based tech entrepreneur Alex Sergent says that utilising AI helps with his OCD.Mr Sergent explains that even though his extreme attention to detail and ritual has been a burden in the past, he “can feel comfortable delegating things. And largely I’ve been doing that a lot with AI recently.
For instance, she explains that there is an assumption that most people should know how to spell, which is particularly difficult for someone with dyslexia.Ms Brackley, who herself has dyslexia, ADHD and autism, says AI chatbots allow her to “outsource my challenge without having to overly explain why ”.
Yet she adds that if the AI is available to the entire workforce then everyone benefits from it. “What happens is that we put something in place for a minority, but then it ends up helping a majority without disadvantaging anyone.”While a lot of the tools now being used by the neurodiverse community are mainstream AI products, some offerings are particularly created for it, such as a website and app called Goblin Tools.
“My friends have certain struggles and needs, so I thought that maybe I could build something that will - if not completely help them - at least alleviate a little bit of that struggle."