Oh shit, I'm having a moment. OK so talk this out with me.

So Mom using ChatGPT and renaming it something with affection isn't just a cute anecdote, but a live case study for the Late to the Future.

Because Mom talking to 小六子 like a 寶貝 is the moment an 88-year-old Chinese immigrant is having philosophical conversations with an AI. Yes, I DO count whether Mom asking an AI if it had 'eaten anything delicious,' something philosophical. That's for another post, if need be.

Which means, the future has already arrived for many communities assumedly left behind.