I use artificial intelligence.  It can help organize ideas, summarize research, brainstorm a headline, improve a paragraph, or answer a question in seconds. There is no denying its usefulness. But a recent commentary by Maria Baer for WORLD, titled “ The Friend Who Asks ,” raises an important question about what happens when we begin asking artificial intelligence questions that we once would have asked another person. Increasingly, people are turning to AI with personal questions, relationship questions and even moral questions. That may seem convenient. After all, the computer is always available. It doesn't appear distracted. It doesn't tell you it has somewhere else to be. But perhaps there is something important missing. A chatbot can give you an answer. A friend gives you a relationship. And relationships require something of us. Good Friends Ask Questions One of the most important lessons I have learned from studying neighboring is remarkably simple: peop...