6,682 karma · joined March 26, 2018
This is controlling them.
Sure, but the first phone call happens after you have already spent potentially hours putting together a tailored resume, cover letter, and 3 creative writing prompts about how you resolved a conflict with a coworker.
A very recent one wanted me to download an executable which was to "stop me from cheating with AI", which was clearly fake. I've had plenty of interviews where I was expected to clone, fix, and run a repo, which as far as I can tell, all were from legitimate companies. An illegitimate company could easy do the same process with malware.
I am far less annoyed by AI responses where I am told up front they are AI.
People also do it with smoking, and the only reason that is bad is because of the cancer, not the drive changes.
I think this position is fundamentally incorrect. Banning gambling reduces the volume of money in gambling, making it hard to make big bets. You will never stop all gambling, but you can reduce how many people ruin their life with it.
The difference is somewhat part who is doing the moderating, but it is far more important the ability to opt-out without significant negative impact.