“I recently discovered that he’s developed an extremely intimate relationship with an AI chatbot. A few days ago, I grabbed his phone — mine was on the charger — to ask AI to elaborate on something my son was studying for history. And that’s when I saw his chat. I know it was wrong to scroll back through the conversation, but it was right there, and I couldn’t help myself. I found pages and pages of text. A lot of it was him telling the chatbot about his day, things that had gone on at work. But the replies were so intimate, so sensitive and comforting, offering more poignant, thoughtful reassurance than I can usually offer...read more
