Kyle Ford argues AI should strengthen real human relationships, not replace them with synthetic friends. Spending time with AI erodes our ability to participate in real community and the interpersonal magic that matters.
We want and need to build software using AI, but with a twist. And the twist is software and AI that is only there to help people meet and build relationships with other real human beings. Now we're moving from social to what I would call synthetic people. Synthetic friends, partners, doctors, lawyers, nurses. There is a rush to build a fully synthetic version of these roles. Here's the thing with these synthetic people. The more time we spend with synthetic people, the worse we get at being in community with real people, without the kind of people magic that we are so passionate about here at Mighty Hours.
