> Yes, every minute you spend texting or talking to a chatbot is a minute that you'd have spent talking to another human beings.

Human beings tend not to be available (results vary by culture).

Also, imagine you're 82 years old and living alone (e.g. widower). It is believed that lack of interaction is a significant driver of cognitive decline (which is why being hard of hearing accelerates the onset of dementia). I wonder if having an LLM to talk to under those circumstances will decelerate cognitive decline?