A future AI earpiece could make you likable — and make the real you obsolete
SuperbRiver7763 · reddit · 2026-07-22
The post imagines a future AI earpiece that constantly coaches what to say in social situations, making a shy person more confident, socially successful, and even able to build a family around that boosted version of themselves.
It then asks the uncomfortable follow-up: if the device is what people love, not the person without it, what happens once everyone starts using one and human awkwardness becomes socially unacceptable?
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