"Why does AI pretend to be human? To order me stuff off Amazon"
chrisalbon · x · 2026-10-25
Quoting Seyi Taylor's question "why does AI need to pretend it's human?", Chris Albon delivers a punchline: "to order me shit off Amazon." The joke lands on a real point about today's AI agents — the value isn't human-like consciousness but acting on your behalf.
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