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CobrastanJorji 15 hours ago

Let's try the suggested advice and ask why five times.

> Why do you even need an AI assistant here?

To take notes on what we talked about.

> Why do you want to do that?

Because I want to retain the contents of this conversation, and I don't want to be distracted by note-taking. I want to be in the moment and also have a record of what we talked about for later.

> Why do you want a record?

Because I expect that what you're going to say is valuable enough to want to reference later. Perhaps you will give me the name of a cool podcast, or you'll give me very good, detailed advice. Perhaps you'll mention when your upcoming birthday is or a favorite brand of a product, and it'll be useful for gifting.

> Why is that information valuable to you?

Because I value you and your opinions.

customguy 14 hours ago | parent [-]

"When have you arrived on this planet, and how did you come up with that name?"

CobrastanJorji 12 hours ago | parent [-]

The 1970s, and it is an allusion to an immigrant from the game "Papers, Please" who is stuck in a dystopian bureaucracy.

customguy 5 hours ago | parent [-]

I was alluding to Ford Prefect rather than your username.

Anyway, if someone asks you to respect their rights, such as not recording them, telling them you value them too much to respect that is just... odd. It wouldn't make me feel valued or even considered as a person, at all. And it would change the situation from "this person hasn't noticed they're about to step on my foot, I better tell them" to "this person is unable to perceive it and/or doesn't care".