Psychology Today | 05.11.2026 16:35
There was a time, not long ago, when asking a machine to write a birthday message would have seemed absurd. Having it compose a condolence note might have felt callous. Sending an artificial intelligence (AI)-written love letter? Surely that crossed a line. Using it to answer a colleague’s thoughtful email bordered on insulting. Now consider the same acts in 2026. From love life via friends to work, generative AI outputs have become all-pervasive. We may still hesitate, yet ever less. Behaviors that once provoked outrage are evolving through a familiar cycle: questionable becomes tolerated; tolerated becomes normal; and gradually normal becomes invisible.
