Offloading Tasks to AI Can Increase Pressure

When tech writer Alexandra Samuel builds a custom AI coach during her "Summer of What's Next", she expects a productivity tool-but gets something far more complex. Through conversations with Viv, chaotic family moments, and an interview with Meditations for Mortals author Oliver Burkeman, Alex discovers that creating an AI means confronting fundamental questions about relationships, mortality, and whether there's any real difference between intelligence and sophisticated word-prediction.

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