New household refrain in the AI era: "Are you talking to me?" — usually, no
mattbeane · x · 2026-11-15
Organizational scholar Matt Beane shares a new household catchphrase born of the voice-AI era: family members keep having to ask "are you talking to me?" — and most of the time the answer is "No," because the other person was just talking to their AI assistant.
Two short sentences capture the subtle social dislocation voice AI has brought into everyday home life.
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