recent changes in their comment system have reduced my exposure to bots to a level I much prefer over every other platform I use

This sounds like something an AI would write. It even uses the em-dash several times.

>Are we not madly harvesting the world’s resources in a monomaniacal attempt to optimize artificial intelligence?

No, we are not madly harvesting the world's resources in a monomaniacal attempt to optimize artificial intelligence. We are, however, harvesting the world's resources in an attempt to optimize artificial intelligence.