My buddy is replacing people with AI, and it's not making him a better person.

When my buddy suggested using AI as a therapist, I laughed. I told him I’ve had real therapists, and there’s no way a language model is going to do what they’ve done. But AI isn't just his enabling therapist; it’s his sycophantic best friend, replacing people in his life. I didn’t realize that one of the dangers of the AI's “yes man” nature is that it tells people what they want to hear, which can become all they want to hear. And if that means cutting actual people out of their lives, so be it. One of my favourite things about chats with my buddy was that they were always real talks.