ChatGPT-5 Just Replaced Your Friend, and You Never Voted on It

ChatGPT-5 Just Replaced Your Friend, and You Never Voted on It
Talking with a close friend can sometimes help to heal loss or disappointment. Josep Suria/Shutterstock
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For decades, Americans have seen this pattern: A new technology arrives with promises of progress, and before we know it, it has reshaped our lives in ways we never voted on. From the television that transformed our living rooms, to the internet that rewired our news and politics, to smartphones that put the world (and a thousand distractions) in our pockets, each wave of change has come with a cost.

Kay Rubacek
Kay Rubacek
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Kay Rubacek is an award-winning educator, filmmaker, author, and mother. Detained in a Chinese prison in 2001 for her human-rights advocacy, she has since dedicated her work to exposing the systems and ideologies that diminish human life and human sovereignty. She has been a contributor to The Epoch Times since 2010.