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		SoftTalker 13 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I'm drowning in AI features I never asked for and ... You are assuming they're not doing it deliberately. A lot of old people have figured out that you can get other people do do stuff for you by pretending you don't understand it yourself.

tombert 13 days ago [–]

I genuinely do not think they are doing it deliberately, at least not at any conscious level. I guess I don't know their inner psyche but I genuinely think that when they ask for help it's because they feel like they need help.

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