It doesn't really matter what something can be used for, it matters what it will be used for most of the time. Television can be used for reading books, but peo

It doesn't really matter what something can be used for, it matters what it will be used for most of the time. Television can be used for reading books, but people mostly don't use it that way. Smartphones can be used for creation, but people mostly don't use them that way. You've got Satya Nadella on a stage saying AI makes you a better friend because it can reply to messages from your friends for you. We are creating, and to a large extent have created, a world that we will not want to live in, as evidenced by skyrocketing depression and the loneliness epidemic. Read Neil Postman or Daniel Boorstin or Marshall McLuhan or Sherry Turkle. The medium is the message.