Agents will change the value of relationships between people. I have found myself more isolated, talking to and working with an AI agent. That is to say: Working more with Morpheus has caused me to work less with humans—because the opportunity cost of working with humans has dramatically increased. With agents, there is less friction—and friction, it turns out, is part of what makes human relationships human. I am not prepared to make sweeping predictions about the future from one personal data point. But I am confident that I am not the only person to have noticed this, and I won’t be the last.