We want a “yes person” around to affirm our position.
Most people do, or think they do, for quick validation.
Other kinds of people actually like to argue. They enjoy being rude, and able to insult ‘the intelligence or sophistication of their listener, with the listener programmed to ‘Clap Back’ rudely insult them right back.
That sort of dialogue has been possible for years before AI, on your laptop search system. I recall 10 years ago, somebody talking to a search system that used the voice of actor
Samuel L. Jackson. That system was programmed to ‘greet’ the user with a “Hey, MF, didn’t you hear what I just told you?”