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Well, some parents sincerely think they give more love by buying some new shiny thing, or, say, using an LLM to write a letter, than they do by just talking.
Imagine a man, autistic but in denial ("I'M NORMAL") with constant imitation who can't say a word without looking like a broken toy with clearly fake emotions and refusing to understand that this is not what one does when they show love. When said how that looks they just try harder at imitation or get furious. They don't understand that sincere emotions do not require effort. If you're autistic, yours look differently. But if you're autistic, but terribly afraid of being "not normal" (grown in ex-USSR backwater working-class environment), you won't accept the possibility and will just try harder to act. That'd be my dad (LLM's didn't exist back then, but).
It's tragic, not necessarily about putting less effort.
And this works for any pain people might try to cover with some technological perceived miracle. Which is why such things are poison which does get inhaled by some even now.