if it’s unacceptable to tell someone they shouldn’t have kids right now (at least in the absence of some dire medical concern, I guess), then maybe the bots should treat “should I have kids” as one of those radioactive questions they’re not supposed to answer! or of course they could do their yes-man bit, however unhelpful that would be to anyone sincerely asking the question.

maybe! there's really two questions here: what advice should bots be giving people, but also how should we be figuring that out? you can put anything in a book or on a website, but is that all bots are, one more source of information among many? because I think their owners want all the authority with none of the responsibility, let alone liability.