davidthewid, A post in which the cohost of NYT's flagship tech podcast describes "simulating people" via "digital twins" as a "credible" and "solid" use of chatbots, a "good answer to the question of what generative AI is for":
https://mastodon.social/@caseynewton/112396896352462291
I don't have access to the paywalled longer article, if anyone does, I'd be interested if his claims are any less hype-y in context.