Preface for "Bots"

 We’ve flipped something in the way we judge people.

Traits that used to be seen as thoughtful or sensitive are now labeled suspicious or even dangerous. Meanwhile, constant positivity gets treated as authenticity. No questions asked.

But sometimes that “good vibes only” energy feels more like a mask than the real thing. A quick smile can hide a lot, and we’ve gotten used to valuing what’s projected over what’s actually there.

Maybe the issue isn’t negativity or sensitivity, it’s how quickly we judge anything that isn’t surface-level pleasant.

As technology evolves, especially with AI, it might force us to confront these biases. Not because it’s perfect, but because it doesn’t carry the same knee-jerk social assumptions we do.