Would chatting with an AI make you feel less lonely? It could be a dangerous idea. Loneliness has become, in recent years, like an actual epidemic. After the COVID pandemic, many people who spent it mostly solo show the toll of a lonely time; mental health issues are rising. But it’s not only about the COVID pandemic, and it’s not just an individual problem. There is a trend coming from decades ago, as Noreena Hertz (author of the book “The Lonely Century”) points out: just comparing the lyrics of songs composed in the last decades, the use of pronouns “you” and “we” have declined in favor of “I,” indicating a more individualistic mindset leading to isolation. If you sometimes feel [...]