I watched a drunk guy have a phone call with ChatGPT on the bus

Earlier today in London, I was on a bus when a drunk guy pulled out his phone, pressed it to his ear like he was taking a call… and suddenly an AI voice started speaking. It was loud. The whole bus could hear it. He then began having a full conversation with it, opening up about how bad his day had been, talking to ChatGPT like it was his mate on the other end of the line, and the AI was replying in this completely flat, monotone voice. This went on for a solid ten minutes. I just sat there not knowing whether to cringe, feel sorry for him, or feel sad that this is genuinely where we are as a society now. It honestly felt like I’d stumbled into a real life episode of Black Mirror.