I don’t know whether this is the product of a moronic Large Language Model (LLM) or a pig-ignorant algorithm. Probably the latter, since LinkedIn started facilitating hookups long before LLM was a twinkle in someone’s asshole.

Still, I was amused to find a suggestion in my inbox this morning, topped by a profile photo I stopped using months ago, that I connect with myself. I do know Paul, and he is a member I know and trust, and yet I feel no need to connect with him any more than I am already connected.

Is auto-connection some weird sexual practice? Clearly the template for this automated notice was written by the same people who wrote the LinkedIn user interface.