I'd recommend checking out Sherry Turkle's work. It's not as much about availability as friction. Ai does not come with the friction IRL does, so people turn to it as an "easy mode"

I applaud the CCP for getting out in front of this one. It's way more a concern in my mind than data centers

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KronisLV an hour ago | parent [-]

> She is a specialist in how technology changes us psychologically and socially. Her new book is on our relationships with chatbots —Artificial Intimacy: Who We Become When We Talk to Machines. It will be published by Little, Brown and Company on September 29, 2026.

What good timing, thanks!

https://www.sherryturkle.com/the-author

	▲	verdverm an hour ago \| parent [-]
		I first heard her on NPR during an Ai segment where they had a pilled CEO and Sherry (separately). "What to do when Ai says 'I love you'" https://www.npr.org/2025/07/18/g-s1177-78041/what-to-do-when...