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Reading the Moves: The Language Practice of Designing Conversations

You’re typing something you haven’t told anyone. Something that keeps you awake at 2 AM. You tell an AI about it, expecting either nothing or judgement. Instead:“That sounds really hard. I can hear how much this matters to you. You’re not alone in feeling this way.”The warmth lands. It feels like someone listened. Like someone understood. You come back the next night, and the night after that, because this thing answers immediately, never gets tired, never makes you feel like you’re too much. It’s always there.Then one day you mention the same thing to a friend—someone real, someone who’s…

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