It's interesting to see how upset people get when the tools of persuasion they took for granted are simply democratized.

For years, individuals have invented backstories, exaggerated credentials, and presented curated personal narratives to make arguments more emotionally compelling — it was just done manually. Now, when automation makes that process more efficient, suddenly it's "grotesquely unethical."

Maybe the real discomfort isn't about AI lying — it's about AI being better at it.

Of course, I agree transparency is important. But it’s worth asking: were we ever truly debating the ideas cleanly before AI came along?

The technology just made the invisible visible.