What we're watching

Live concerns.

The issues we take seriously in public: judgment, kids, work, companions, home agents, and fear marketing. For each one, we lay out what it is, why it is serious, what needs to happen, and what we are doing.

01Everyday judgment leaving
02Screen-native kids meeting
03Work that no
04Parasocial AI as
05Agents entering the
06Fear marketing crowding

01
When AI use starts to hurt
Everyday judgment leaving the person
We mean the quiet, everyday habit of asking a model what is true, what to buy, what to say to a partner, or what a symptom means.
Updated Oct 6, 2026
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02
How use looks from child to adult
Screen-native kids meeting AI without a ladder
Many tweens and teens already spend much of the day on screens. AI arrives in that environment as homework help, companions, and image tools, often before kids have any AI literacy.
Updated Oct 7, 2026
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03
How work and identity are changing
Work that no longer buys dignity
When cognitive hours stop purchasing status or security, households feel it before GDP narratives catch up.
Updated Oct 3, 2026
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04
When AI use starts to hurt
Parasocial AI as primary confidant
Loneliness plus always-on chat creates a soft substitute for human care: affirmation-seeking sessions that stretch for hours.
Updated Oct 5, 2026
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05
AI agents in the household
Agents entering the household without rules
Agentic tools are moving from demos into family systems like mail, calendars, purchases, and messages, often with no gates.
Updated Oct 8, 2026
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06
What the research and incidents show
Fear marketing crowding out understanding
Public AI talk swings between utopia and doom. Neither helps a parent, a student, or a worker make a next decision.
Updated Oct 2, 2026
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Everyday judgment leaving the person

Screen-native kids meeting AI without a ladder

Work that no longer buys dignity

Parasocial AI as primary confidant

Agents entering the household without rules

Fear marketing crowding out understanding