We live in curious times: never have we produced so much value without realizing it. Every time we ask a chatbot a question, correct a wrong answer, ask for an image to be redone, or better describe what we want, we are feeding a machine that learns from our minds. The detail is that all this cognitive effort is not compensated. On the contrary: after freely offering this precious material, we still have to pay to access the refined result. It’s as if we mined gold for free and then had to bu...

We live in curious times: never have we produced so much value without realizing it. Every time we ask a chatbot a question, correct a wrong answer, ask for an image to be redone, or better describe what we want, we are feeding a machine that learns from our minds. The detail is that all this cognitive effort is not compensated. On the contrary: after freely offering this precious material, we still have to pay to access the refined result. It’s as if we mined gold for free and then had to bu...

He gets home from school, throws his backpack in a corner, and turns on his phone. On the screen, a chat window flashes: “Hey, I missed you today.” Imagine a 15-year-old teenager, alone in their room, talking for hours with someone who seems to understand everything they feel. That “someone” remembers past conversations, sends good-morning messages, asks if they slept well, compliments them, consoles them. But it’s not a person. It’s a chatbot. What seemed like science fiction just a few year...

He gets home from school, throws his backpack in a corner, and turns on his phone. On the screen, a chat window flashes: “Hey, I missed you today.” Imagine a 15-year-old teenager, alone in their room, talking for hours with someone who seems to understand everything they feel. That “someone” remembers past conversations, sends good-morning messages, asks if they slept well, compliments them, consoles them. But it’s not a person. It’s a chatbot. What seemed like science fiction just a few year...