It's not exactly new. There's a reason customer service is a skill, even in a positive context.

Many people crave affirmation. LLMs compliment their intellect, boosting their ego and affirming that their question falls under critical thinking or research rather than ignorance or stupidity.

They're the type that turn everything into a conversation (more common for elderly people). They crave human connection.

Along the same lines, some people just dislike technology. LLMs are less robotic.

They may trust information coming from a human more than what pops up online. (A large factor in the spread of disinformation)

The additional context/hand holding helps them digest information

Personally: I learn to live with it because search engines are trash. It's faster to fact check what an LLM tells me, and it usually involves less unnecessary reading.

Basically, people don't like researching things. LLMs make it feel more question focused rather than information focused.

The spikes in gas prices and health insurance premiums are doing more than any presidential debates have done in the past decade. Consequences are needed to get the attention of conservatives and moderates. Unfortunately, most MAGA supports are far too brainwashed.

You're more than welcome to try coordinating that. That's our first hurdle. Second is arming ourselves better than the military and DHS. If we fail, we get martial law and no midterm election.

Talk is easy. This defeatist rhetoric only discourages Americans. We should be empowering protestors. Protests are bringing people together and building an army.

I agree with what everyone else said. I wanted to add that socialization is very important for dogs. You can have a happy dog without socializing, but they can become dog aggressive or generally scared of other dogs. That can be a huge inconvenience if you ever need to board them, do group training, or have them around dogs belonging to friends or family. The vet can be even more stressful, and you're more likely to have issues while walking if your dog is reactive to other dogs.