Will this not make people more insular and isolated than they are already?
A couple in a café, not talking to each other but glued avidly to their phones.
A mother and toddler, where the mother has more interaction with her phone than her child.
Will people want to leave their homes? They work from home, groceries delivered, Amazon drops parcels on their doorstep. They may prefer their AI companion to the emotions and vagaries of real people