One of the ways we overcame this when using AI in winemaking, was to give the winemaker 6 final recipes/blends, where they could choose which one of the 6 goes to bottling - knowing any of the choices were going to achieve their goals. We didn't remove that part of the "ritual" so they still felt included in the process, even though the hard work was already done. Maybe if you had an AI that gave a human a set of choices on how to console a grieving friend, it would seem more palatable.
One of the ways we overcame this when using AI in winemaking, was to give the winemaker 6 final recipes/blends, where they could choose which one of the 6 goes to bottling - knowing any of the choices were going to achieve their goals. We didn't remove that part of the "ritual" so they still felt included in the process, even though the hard work was already done. Maybe if you had an AI that gave a human a set of choices on how to console a grieving friend, it would seem more palatable.