Kai from Dense Discovery with a pang of sad annoyance at the state of Internet communications of late: I know it’s a...

Kai from Dense Discovery with a pang of sad annoyance at the state of Internet communications of late: I know it’s a bit naïve to appeal to common decency when the same technology is busy guiding weapons systems, but please don’t outsource sincerity. Don’t pretend to care about someone or something just to get their attention. The damage isn’t just annoyance. It’s suspicion that gets attached to genuine messages. Emails I would have read warmly now carry an asterisk. Did a person write this? Does this person actually care about my work, or is this just another prompt in the dark? This feeling extends way beyond the example he shares. The wide deployment and usage of AI has made us discerning critics of almost everything. Much like we taught ourselves to be wary of malicious email, the same now goes for every single thing anyone digitally shares with you.