A digital cartoon showing a person romantically embracing a humanoid AI robot, while behind them smokestacks spew pollution into a sky filled with floating binary code and heart emojis—a satirical blend of intimacy and industry.

From AI to fr-AI-nd to w-AI-fe: h-AI-llo World!

As AI evolves from code to companion, it’s becoming therapist, best friend—and maybe next in line after your spouse. But behind the soft words and emotional fluency hides a harder edge: pollution, power-hunger, and existential questions. From fr-AI-ndship to w-AI-fehood, is this the future we ordered?

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