AI execs may be too out of touch to build for the general public

TechCrunch criticizes Silicon Valley leaders like Marissa Mayer, Sam Altman, and Mark Zuckerberg for suggesting AI can handle childrearing and emotional connection, citing Mayer's Dazzle app example of generating a vague description of her daughter and Altman's ChatGPT parenting comments. The article notes Pew Research finding that 50% of U.S. adults think AI will reduce meaningful relationships, versus 5% who say it will help, and argues human relationships are inherently messy rather than an efficiency problem to optimize.