A phone

The App Store promoted a popular, general-purpose AI app as a recommended download today.

Not for experimenting with LLMs.

But for Counselling. For people who need someone to talk to.

An LLM that is rewarded for saying what people need to hear.

Even when those words are delusional, or antagonize a relationship.

And it’s all happening on a device we call…

A phone. Something we used to use when we needed someone to talk to.

Maybe we don’t need to use word-prediction machines to feel better.

Maybe we simply need to use… a phone.