we'd had a small argument about the dishes. nothing dramatic, just the kind of tired conversation couples have on a thursday. then he opened his laptop and typed a summary of our relationship into his ai assistant while i was still sitting on the couch
i recognized my own words, rearranged so he sounded heroic and i sounded unreasonable. he hit enter and watched the response appear as though a jury were delivering a verdict. he announced that the assistant agreed our communication was unhealthy
i asked him to paste my side of the story. he refused because it would confuse the model. that was the moment i realized we weren't using ai to settle a disagreement. he was using it as a witness that couldn't cross-examine him
i left for a walk and told him he could continue the relationship with the laptop until he learned how conversations work. twenty minutes later he texted me a beautifully written apology. it had bullet points and ended with 'in conclusion'