It's hard to even imagine there was a time when you felt sure you were interacting with a real person on the internet.

So many articles seem clearly written by AI.

Bots in every comment section.

The way people have been "programmed" through mass media, the state education indoctrination and social media algorithm fed brainwashing there is hardly a difference between talking to a bot and a human so much of the time.

Even offline so many conversations seem to be repeated talking points with no thought behind them. The NPCs walk among us.