Poll: As conversational AI grows, what aspect of human communication is most at risk?
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Hipyan Nopri
Hipyan Nopri  Identity Verified
Indonezia
Local time: 15:35
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When Conversation Becomes a Transaction Oct 12

I chose option 2 because it captures the deeper risk behind the other options.

As we grow used to interacting with AI in a command-and-response pattern, we may start bringing the same habit into our conversations with other people.

Dialogue then becomes a way to extract an answer rather than a process of building shared understanding.

Human communication has never been just an exchange of information.

It is how we negotiate meaning, show tha
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I chose option 2 because it captures the deeper risk behind the other options.

As we grow used to interacting with AI in a command-and-response pattern, we may start bringing the same habit into our conversations with other people.

Dialogue then becomes a way to extract an answer rather than a process of building shared understanding.

Human communication has never been just an exchange of information.

It is how we negotiate meaning, show that we are listening, and build trust over time.

Pauses, tone, humor, and local idioms all matter, but they matter because they serve this collaborative purpose.

If we lose the collaborative mindset itself, those subtler elements will fade along with it.

AI can be an excellent tool for getting things done.

The challenge is to keep it from reshaping our expectations of what a conversation with another person should be.
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Thayenga
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Germania
Local time: 10:35
Membru (2009)
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Actually all of it 04:59

Regarding AI, bored again.

Ines Radionovas-Lagoutte, PhD
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Philip Lees
 
Philip Lees
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Grecia
Local time: 11:35
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Other 05:48

When professional discussion forums get completely overrun with topics related to AI. So much so that real people can't be bothered to participate any more.

Thayenga
Ines Radionovas-Lagoutte, PhD
Zea_Mays
Gennady Lapardin
Sebastian Witte
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
 
Gennady Lapardin
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Federaţia Rusă
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Other 07:41

So far no risk at this early stage. AI replaces inefficient human assistance, when it occurs. Not bad

 
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida  Identity Verified
Portugalia
Local time: 09:35
Membru (2007)
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Other 08:20

Boredom!

Philip Lees
 


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