Opinion: AI evangelists violating consent in personal and open-source communities, comparing pressure tactics to pickup artist behavior

A friend joined an AI company and sent a pitch written in an AI-generated voice rather than their own; when pushed back, the friend persisted with manipulation and negging despite being asked not to use AI in communications.

The author's open-source project is creating an AI policy that will not accept LLM (large language model—AI that understands and generates text) code contributions, requiring contributors to understand and take responsibility for what they submit, including commit messages.

The author argues that using AI to draft communications to friends and loved ones is disrespectful and manipulative, comparing persistent AI evangelism to pickup artist tactics that ignore stated boundaries and treat 'no' as a negotiation rather than a final answer.