> I would rather have an AI assistant that spoke to me like a similarly-leveled colleague, but none of them seem to be turning out quite like that.

I don't think that's what the majority of people want though.

That's certainly not what I am looking for from these products. I am looking for a tool to take away some of the drudgery inherent in engineering, it does not need a personality at all.

I too strongly dislike their servile manner. And I would prefer completely neutral matter of fact speech instead of the toxic positivity displayed or just no pointless confirmation messages.