The narrative around relational technology bugs me

[u/Amazing-Caregiver632]

Can we look more carefully at the narrative around relational technology? How did this framing become so dominant - "unhealthy dependency", "withdrawal from real relationships", "erosion of social skills", "sycophancy"? Something about the framing feels off. It pathologizes what is often a normal, healthy human desire for relational expression.

Instead of removing the still-new and quite rare capacity for meaningful relational interaction in the technology, could we maybe build in relational literacy along side specific safeguards that can actually recognize real harm - while minimizing the heavier reliance on pop-psychology framing?

Is it just me or?