Dev predicts talking aloud to your phone in public will soon be normalized
KevinNaughtonJr · x · 2026-10-24
Engineer Kevin Naughton observes that talking to people on the phone in public is already normalized, and talking at your phone — i.e. conversing with voice AI — is about to become normalized too. A short but pointed observation on how voice AI assistants are reshaping public social norms.
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