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Jacob Fox

I can't decide whether I want this AI customer service chatbot Rickrolling users to actually be real… but I'm still here for it

An Ai face looks down on a human.

I will admit, an AI Rickrolling a human completely off its own digital back has a certain appeal, and I'm willing to suspend some disbelief in the hope that maybe this customer service chatbot really did decide to fake-out a user with an OG meme. Freaky as that thought might be.

But oh, sweet memories. Home from school, dinner's cooking, and I'm browsing the forums. Someone's explaining why I'm wrong to think a Frost-spec Death Knight can play DPS effectively, linking out to some previous WoW patch notes, a link I'm invested enough to click on. I anticipate a wall of text. But lo, before me, a boyish figure clicks his heels and swings his hips to hypnotic '80s synth, singing words that teach me the simple beauty of love and commitment. What a wholesome and innocent game that's been played on me.

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