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User likens AI chatbot pressure to past life experiences

The user shared a personal anecdote comparing the pressure to adopt AI chatbots and agents to past experiences. They drew parallels to instances of being pressured to eat meat, have children, convert to Christianity, and engage in sexual acts. The user contrasted these experiences with less pushy interactions from sellers of products like Amway and Herbalife, and a friend who encouraged drinking alcohol. AI

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User likens AI chatbot pressure to past life experiences

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    @ grampajoe @ aesthr I have searched my memories and the only things that came close to the attempts to force me to use chatbots / agents were: - When I stopped

    @ grampajoe @ aesthr I have searched my memories and the only things that came close to the attempts to force me to use chatbots / agents were: - When I stopped eating meat, and 21 months later went vegan, those, mostly meat-eaters with a cognitive dissonance, who were warning me…