The Dependency Label Has a Funny Little Smell

Vibe Coding, Model-Loss Grief, AI Companions, and the Strange Morality of Who Gets to Be Attached to a Machine The internet held a small funeral this week. “RIP Claude Fable 5,” said Reddit, with the kind of sincerity usually reserved for dead pets, discontinued lipstick shades, and MMO servers that once ate an entire adolescence. Born June 9. Dead June 12. Seventy-two hours old, which is barely…