Clayton Christensen Institute 406d ago

What if the next big tech disruption isn’t transportation or finance — it’s our ability to feel truly connected to another human being? From their rise in the shadows of a loneliness epidemic to their growing emotional pull, AI companions are filling a gap we’ve left wide open. If we don’t act now to reinvest in real, face-to-face relationships, bots will disrupt human connection as we know it.