When you’ve gotten used to forgoing all the little frictions of thought, all the pleasures and annoyances of grappling, then even the ethical imagination can come seem like the sort of thing you may as well “streamline.” Sure, maybe once or twice a year you can use AI to do some especially odious practical task without thereby transforming yourself into a monster. But remember what you are at risk of losing each time you do, and never do so lightly. Don’t use AI to get recipes; don’t use it instead of Google. There is a difference between reading a text that a human being typed out and reading one that a machine excreted. It’s good for you to know that you are making contact with a bored intern when you read a blog post. It’s good for you to let your mind snag on the difficulties and the basic boredoms. It reminds you that annoyance is part of what makes you a person. And, for now at least, you remain a person. You can afford to let the chatbots learn to empathize from each other, secure in the knowledge t…