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The Person · October 3, 2026 Is it bad to talk to AI like a friend? Millions of people now talk to AI every day, some of them more than they talk to people. I spend four to six hours a day with Claude. Here is what AI can be, what it cannot, and the one question I ask to keep the balance.

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