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[-] sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al 28 points 2 months ago

I can see in the comments that most people are in support of the tooter, but I think they come across extremely rude and arrogant.

The fact that a CEO took time out to try and engage and discuss this users fears and concerns should be applauded.

Regarding the overarching issue that AI is being folded into everything. How is anyone surprised? A few years ago, it was machine learning and now it's AI. There's a lot of very clever people doing clever things and shoehorning them into our lives in dumb ways. What does that mean for the average person? That they are forced to accept it or go elsewhere, because the reality is that if all competitors present AI summaries when you do a search, consumers expect that.

Hell, I expect my keyboard to know what I'm trying to say when I vaguely press along a single line and get upset when other keyboards can't do it. And if at any point, I felt empowered enough to write a scathing blog post, I'd have the decency to have a conversation about it. But that's just me.

Be better Lori!

[-] Gaywallet@beehaw.org 37 points 2 months ago

I’d have the decency to have a conversation about it

The blog post here isn't about having a conversation about AI. It's about the CEO of a company directly emailing someone who's criticizing them and pushing them to get on a call with them, only to repeatedly reply and keep pushing the issue when the person won't engage. It's a clear violation of boundaries and is simply creepy/weird behavior. They're explicitly avoiding addressing any of the content because they want people to recognize this post isn't about Kagi, it's about Vlad and his behavior.

Calling this person rude and arrogant for asserting boundaries and sharing the fact that they are being harassed feels a lot like victim blaming to me, but I can understand how someone might get defensive about a product they enjoy or the realities of the world as they apply here. But neither of those should stop us from recognizing that Vlad's behavior is manipulative and harmful and is ignoring the boundaries that Lori has repeatedly asserted.

[-] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 13 points 2 months ago

I don't think you can simply say something tantamount to "I think you're an evil person btw pls don't reply" then act the victim because they replied.

If the CEO had been sending multiple e-mails etc, I would agree with you that it's harassment, but from what I can see at any point the blogger could have just disengaged, but he seemed more interested in getting the last word in.

[-] Gaywallet@beehaw.org 18 points 2 months ago

I don’t think you can simply say something tantamount to “I think you’re an evil person btw pls don’t reply” then act the victim because they replied.

If they replied a single time, sure. Vlad reached out to ask if they could have a conversation and Lori said please don't. Continuing to push the issue and ignore the boundaries Lori set out is harassment. I don't think that Lori is 'acting the victim' either, they're simply pointing out the behavior. Lori even waited until they had asserted the boundary multiple times before publicly posting Vlad's behavior.