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I'm one of these. You might be right about some people, but not all of us.

I would prefer to not interact with them at all. But I've been asked to use them at work. For me, it's important to consistently remind myself that they are not people, and this is one of the ways I do it. There's a risk I might train myself to be a jerk in general. I blame the tool vendors for mimicking human speech patterns.

I find the whole thing distasteful, and there's certainly no joy. In fact, if I ever start to get a sensation of playing God, that would also represent a failure to me. I don't feel like a god when I set my thermostat. They are machines, that unfortunately, communicate superficially like humans.