When it comes to the landscape of the discourse, I believe that you should always lead with principles. Not because people are principled but because it's easier to reiterate core principles than policy, which can be complex and confusing.

It does feel a bit like a "follow the money" play. Though I bet to their framing of "does this help grow our members' careers?", a lot of recruiters would be excited to see a resume with an "AI" certification in it.

Seen another way, guessing the user's desires is the fundamental money-making motion of adtech, which powers much of the internet. The industry is very, very good at it, or thinks it is, so they apply that hammer to a great many non-nail objects.

Software is inflexible once created. If the user is asked of their desires, but the software cannot fulfill them, it is a dead end. But, if the desires can be guessed in advance and the software built to fulfill them, the user is delighted. It's a little like a magician's forced choice.

I was raised with eschatology central to my life and I really can't emphasize enough how life-denying it is, and how much it infects every aspect of how you address the world.

This is a feature of the Plume mesh they white-label as their own. It's been around for a few years. You can turn it off, of course. I haven't found it to be terribly useful.