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yeah thinking of some of the ppl ive met on the internet, id rather be talking to a bot lol... jkjk
but i think finding out after the fact that i was interacting with a bot somehow seems soulless... like, something i like about the internet is the (small) feeling of still being connected to the world. and that'd be lost if i knew i was interacting with a bot. i imagine there's people who feel differently, but i think that's nuts. if im interacting with a bot, i want to know it.
also like, in responding to you, i hope to further some intelligent discussion and positively affect the world. if you're a bot, then that's hopeless. or maybe im just affecting the ai model positively, idk.