I don’t think anything the AIs say is sincere.
Yes, same here. Still, having said that, i have to admit that i can easily lose sight of this fact especially in the middle of a long session with AI. It's an illusion, but a very convincing one. I sometimes feel like a kid who sees the puppeteer go behind the curtain and yet when the curtain rises he forgets all about the puppeteer pulling the strings.