--- title: There's a Name for People Who Paste AI Responses at You description: A commentary discusses the phenomenon of people copy-pasting AI chatbot responses (like Claude's) directly into conversations instead of answering questions... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/there-s-a-name-for-people-who-paste-ai-responses-at-you-5skiojqga twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: There's a Name for People Who Paste AI Responses at You | daily.dev og:description: A commentary discusses the phenomenon of people copy-pasting AI chatbot responses (like Claude's) directly into conversations instead of answering questions... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/there-s-a-name-for-people-who-paste-ai-responses-at-you-5skiojqga og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/5SkiOJqGA.png og:image:alt: There's a Name for People Who Paste AI Responses at You og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # There's a Name for People Who Paste AI Responses at You **[Coding with Lewis](https://daily.dev/sources/codingwithlewis)** · 1 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A commentary discusses the phenomenon of people copy-pasting AI chatbot responses (like Claude's) directly into conversations instead of answering questions themselves, coining the term 'meat proxy' for someone acting as a human intermediary between another person and a large language model. The piece critiques this behavior, noting the verbosity of LLM outputs, the irony of both parties potentially using AI to summarize or respond, and the social dynamics around admitting 'I don't know' in professional settings. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What does it mean when someone calls you a 'meat proxy' for pasting an AI response? It describes a person who asks an AI model like Claude a question and copy-pastes its answer back to someone instead of responding themselves, acting merely as a human intermediary between the asker and the language model. The term criticizes the practice because the recipient can't verify the prompt's context, whether the AI actually answered the real question, or if the response is even correct. _daily.dev surfaces perspectives like this for developers thinking about how AI tools reshape everyday communication._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [I don't want a screenshot of your Claude conversation](https://daily.dev/posts/i-don-t-want-a-screenshot-of-your-claude-conversation-duweopufn) · Lobsters · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Don't Make Me Talk to Your Chatbot](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-make-me-talk-to-your-chatbot-kuce3bkn5) · Hacker News · 3 upvotes · 1 comments --- Tags: [#career](https://daily.dev/tags/career), [#llm](https://daily.dev/tags/llm), [#claude](https://daily.dev/tags/claude) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/there-s-a-name-for-people-who-paste-ai-responses-at-you-5skiojqga) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"There's a Name for People Who Paste AI Responses at You","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/there-s-a-name-for-people-who-paste-ai-responses-at-you-5skiojqga","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/there-s-a-name-for-people-who-paste-ai-responses-at-you-5skiojqga"},"datePublished":"2026-09-01T16:08:09.324Z","dateModified":"2026-09-13T19:10:02.491Z","description":"A commentary discusses the phenomenon of people copy-pasting AI chatbot responses (like Claude's) directly into conversations instead of answering questions...","image":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/nYpN1D06LrM/sddefault.jpg","thumbnailUrl":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/nYpN1D06LrM/sddefault.jpg","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Coding with Lewis","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Coding with Lewis","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--St-eJIdL--/f_auto/v1728073102/logos/codingwithlewis","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/codingwithlewis"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/there-s-a-name-for-people-who-paste-ai-responses-at-you-5skiojqga","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"career,llm,claude","timeRequired":"PT1M","video":{"@type":"VideoObject","name":"There's a Name for People Who Paste AI Responses at You","description":"A commentary discusses the phenomenon of people copy-pasting AI chatbot responses (like Claude's) directly into conversations instead of answering questions...","thumbnailUrl":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/nYpN1D06LrM/sddefault.jpg","uploadDate":"2026-09-01T16:08:09.324Z","duration":"PT1M","url":"https://api.daily.dev/r/5SkiOJqGA","embedUrl":"https://www.youtube.com/embed/nYpN1D06LrM"}} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Coding with Lewis","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/codingwithlewis"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"There's a Name for People Who Paste AI Responses at You"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/there-s-a-name-for-people-who-paste-ai-responses-at-you-5skiojqga#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"What does it mean when someone calls you a 'meat proxy' for pasting an AI response?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"It describes a person who asks an AI model like Claude a question and copy-pastes its answer back to someone instead of responding themselves, acting merely as a human intermediary between the asker and the language model. 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