Perhaps this is a thing that seems one way to us now, but will seem quite another way to the next generations.

For instance: to my parents, and many boomers and older, btc is a bridge too far -- it's foreign in fundamental ways; the idea of money-as-ledger, which a person 'posesses' when they know a large number, vs paper that comes from the government, is a bridge too far. And yet, if you grow up where this idea has been at least sort-of mainstream, perhaps you adapt. Bitcoiners sure have invested a lot of hope that it will prove to be the case.

For a more culture-warry example, it appears that far greater numbers of Gen-Z than I would have ever dreamed possible seem to have a hell of a lot of wiggle room in who they want to fuck, or what gender even is and implies. Whether you think this is a perverse state of affairs, or what you believe to be the source of this shift, is beside the point. It's a re-thinking of a way of being in the world that many were not ready for.

So perhaps how much we care about human-ness will also prove more fluid than it seems now. I know I have some conversations w/ LLMs that I would be delighted to have with friends. In some cases I feel a real fondness for my conversational partner, even though I know there's no consciousness on the other side of it.

Perhaps this is a fixation our descendants will find quaint.

Thanks for giving me the benefit of the doubt. I guess I am trying to play devil's advocate to try and explore my own thoughts deeper too. I do agree with you @k00bot, because I'm also struggling to define where that line is drawn. I may prefer playing video games rather than mashing keys on a keyboard, if the probabilities were stacked in the other direction. I just don't think others will give this as much consideration.

There is definitely nuance involved. I can't see myself using it with close friends, family & favoured bitcoiners so much. I despised for years the generic "Happy birthday" messages on Facebook that felt like spam. Even with a step-change improvement in quality, there is definitely something unsettling treating our favourite people that way. But I'm open minded to wonder if we could have better relationships with them in some instances by incorporating it in a mindful way?

Maybe it will become obvious that we are not using A.I. given just how inefficient, cost-ineffective & slow the alternative will become in comparison. And maybe we will talk less with strangers and more with people we trust for that reason. More questions than answers, but thanks for the thinking-tennis.