About 15 years ago I'd have a similar-enough chat with a colleague that went the same way every time we had it. It was pointless. We'd polarise the same way eve

About 15 years ago I'd have a similar-enough chat with a colleague that went the same way every time we had it. It was pointless. We'd polarise the same way every time, so why waste the energy. I proposed (and he agreed) that it would be easier to just turn our perspective into bots that could parrot the usual discussion so we could do something (or talk about something) more useful, unless we actually had some value to add that was non-obvious.