Tech disrupted friendship. It’s time to bring it back

Wired quotes Melanie Green and Shira Gabriel about how tech has disrupted friendship over the years. Green explains that technology has been replacing human connection for years, citing the mechanism of liking photos on social media instead of maintaining genuine interactions. Green says relationships with AI are tricky because, “it’s always telling us what we want to hear.” Gabriel agrees that friendship with AI is a type of parasocial relationship, one brought on by the fact that humans are social creatures and tend to anthropomorphize their interactions.