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People care deeply about human relationships and helping each other, and want AI to give time back — or enhance time together — rather than become a layer separating people.

Brockman reads the Slack reaction as evidence that people value human connection and mutual help, and want AI to free up time or enrich shared time instead of interposing itself between people. ✦ AI generated

Greg Brockman · Simon Willison's Weblog · 2026-08-01 · original ↗

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reinforces how much people care about human relationships and helping each other, and want AI to give time back — or enhance time together — rather than become a layer separating people.

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People really don't like when a coworker's ChatGPT contacts them asking for help with a task, even when they'd be perfectly happy doing that same work if asked by that coworker.Greg Brockman · Simon Willison's Weblog · conf 90%

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