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AI doesn't have much to do with it. It was Covid, and work from home, and video games, and even TV. Everything electronic let us disconnect more from the physical world.

So, craving? Yes. But actually doing? Not yet.

> malnourishment of engagement in the digital world

Beautifully put.

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Regarding AI, the thought is that we will soon find ourselves in a digital world where it will be near-impossible to identify what is "real," further pushing us to engage physically.

Ah, I see. If I read some text (or even engage in a video chat!) I can't tell if you're human, but if I'm face-to-face, I know. (At least until robots become undetectably life-like...)

But I'm not sure that that's the tipping point. If I won't put down the video game, why would I put down the video chat with an AI? Sure, I may feel the desire, but do I feel it strongly enough to act on it?

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