There's an (unusual, I admit) energy expenditure counter-argument here. If someone is able to respond near-automatically and produces an accurate, relevant res

There's an (unusual, I admit) energy expenditure counter-argument here. If someone is able to respond near-automatically and produces an accurate, relevant response that progresses a conversation or situation positively (for whatever that means), then the fact that they haven't spent time and mental energy (and in turn, genuine calorific energy) could be seen as a success. Now I'm not necessarily arguing that it's good or healthy to have less-thoughtful conversations like that; just that there are other perspectives possible here. (I think that what really matters is the overall level of progress that humanity can make in terms of achievement - and I think that rapid-response conversations are likely to keep us stuck with existing models of insecure, attention-sapping, user-harmful technology)