Human Readiness

Two headlines have been circulating this year. One says AI companions relieve loneliness about as well as talking to another person. The other says they deepen it for the people who use them most. Both are backed by real, peer-reviewed research. Both published in 2026.

Organizations that will navigate AI adoption well are not necessarily the ones moving fastest. They are the ones that have attended carefully to the human ground beneath their transformation efforts. That looks like several things in practice:

Is AI helping us move toward greater clarity, accountability, creativity, and connection? Or is it quietly becoming a substitute for difficult conversations, human support, embodied presence, and relational risk?