Beautifully expressed. Using AI to remove even more opportunities for human contact is a tragedy.

Really beautiful piece.

This is really beautiful and tragic at the same time. Very well written.

> because you will end up talking for longer than you had hoped

Yes, don't talk to your friend, because our mighty corporations could've benefited from your time if you've spent this time "productively" and instead contributed to our company vision with your excess time and hard work: "make humans unemployable"

Or just use AI when it makes sense, and call your friends too. Why do we have to over-dramatize everything?

This does not just apply to AI. Uber, AirBNB, Facebook, etc. all basically serve as paid surrogates for what once was done by community.

Sometimes it feels like all digital technology is simply an enterprise to replace human to human contact.