Derek Thompson

You believe that you believe that. And I believe that because we're geriatric millennials, right? No, no, in all seriousness, we agree about that point. Well, no, it's true, though. But think about, but I am not certain.

You believe that you believe that. And I believe that because we're geriatric millennials, right? No, no, in all seriousness, we agree about that point. Well, no, it's true, though. But think about, but I am not certain.

I know for a fact that millions of people are already having fulfilling, to them, relationships. No, they think that they are. Oh, sure. I'm using the word fulfilling as it represents their thinking. I don't think it's a healthy relationship. I don't think it scales across society well.

I know for a fact that millions of people are already having fulfilling, to them, relationships. No, they think that they are. Oh, sure. I'm using the word fulfilling as it represents their thinking. I don't think it's a healthy relationship. I don't think it scales across society well.

I know for a fact that millions of people are already having fulfilling, to them, relationships. No, they think that they are. Oh, sure. I'm using the word fulfilling as it represents their thinking. I don't think it's a healthy relationship. I don't think it scales across society well.

I wrote this 8,000-word cover story called The Antisocial Century that includes a 1,000-word section called This Is Your Politics on Solitude, and then it was like Our AI Future. I think this is coming. I think it is going to be a social crisis because many people are going to be seduced by the convenience of AI friendships and thus sacrifice the depth of human friendships.

I wrote this 8,000-word cover story called The Antisocial Century that includes a 1,000-word section called This Is Your Politics on Solitude, and then it was like Our AI Future. I think this is coming. I think it is going to be a social crisis because many people are going to be seduced by the convenience of AI friendships and thus sacrifice the depth of human friendships.

I wrote this 8,000-word cover story called The Antisocial Century that includes a 1,000-word section called This Is Your Politics on Solitude, and then it was like Our AI Future. I think this is coming. I think it is going to be a social crisis because many people are going to be seduced by the convenience of AI friendships and thus sacrifice the depth of human friendships.

I am deeply, deeply worried about that. So that's piece number one. And that's going to be weird, right? If you think smartphones plus social media are dementing for our mental health or our ability to focus? How about smartphones plus social media plus a roster of AI friends that an entire generation grows up talking to constantly just as or more often than they talk to their friends?

I am deeply, deeply worried about that. So that's piece number one. And that's going to be weird, right? If you think smartphones plus social media are dementing for our mental health or our ability to focus? How about smartphones plus social media plus a roster of AI friends that an entire generation grows up talking to constantly just as or more often than they talk to their friends?

I am deeply, deeply worried about that. So that's piece number one. And that's going to be weird, right? If you think smartphones plus social media are dementing for our mental health or our ability to focus? How about smartphones plus social media plus a roster of AI friends that an entire generation grows up talking to constantly just as or more often than they talk to their friends?

I'm not trying, of course not trying to say this is good.

I'm not trying, of course not trying to say this is good.

I'm not trying, of course not trying to say this is good.

I think of myself as a scientific optimist and cultural pessimist. I think that science goes like this, it goes up and to the left, And if you look in the last 20 years of culture, how could you possibly say, oh, well, also culture isn't experiencing the exact same rates of progress as, say, computing or medical science?

I think of myself as a scientific optimist and cultural pessimist. I think that science goes like this, it goes up and to the left, And if you look in the last 20 years of culture, how could you possibly say, oh, well, also culture isn't experiencing the exact same rates of progress as, say, computing or medical science?

I think of myself as a scientific optimist and cultural pessimist. I think that science goes like this, it goes up and to the left, And if you look in the last 20 years of culture, how could you possibly say, oh, well, also culture isn't experiencing the exact same rates of progress as, say, computing or medical science?

So that's one big prediction, is that I am really worried about the social crisis that will be created by the convenience of AI relationships. The other piece I think is really interesting is that eventually the federal government's going to recognize that superintelligent AI is is a weapon.

So that's one big prediction, is that I am really worried about the social crisis that will be created by the convenience of AI relationships. The other piece I think is really interesting is that eventually the federal government's going to recognize that superintelligent AI is is a weapon.

So that's one big prediction, is that I am really worried about the social crisis that will be created by the convenience of AI relationships. The other piece I think is really interesting is that eventually the federal government's going to recognize that superintelligent AI is is a weapon.