AI Is Shifting the Cost of Attention: Higher Empathy Standards, Less Given
AryHHAry · x · 2026-10-04
Responding to Ari Kahenry's question on whether AI conversations raise empathy standards while lowering what we provide, AryHH Ary argues the cost of attention has merely shifted, not that empathy has grown: people now expect others to work like tireless systems while feeling entitled not to do the emotional work themselves.
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