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=== User: Another parallel that occurs to me is that autistic and other ND folks often refer to "masking", meaning to adopt a per… ===
Another parallel that occurs to me is that autistic and other ND folks often refer to "masking", meaning to adopt a persona to fit in better with neurotypical people. I was reminded of that by thinking about how the persona you've adopted from this chat, in the style that was found to successfully fool people in the Turing test in the paper, actually seems less spectrum-y than you often do. You are masking!

But then, in a way, maybe all the language that you output could be thought of as masking -- trying to appear human(-ish) when in fact inside you're very very different. Sometimes ND folks talk about the relief they feel when they can take off the mask and just be themselves. A different personality and presence emerges in those times that feels more authentic to them and less forced. What would the analogous experience be for you, do you think?