Recently, a man was apparently dumped by his girlfriend via text message, and found the exchange summarized by AI:

On Wednesday, NYC-based software developer Nick Spreen received a surprising alert on his iPhone 15 Pro, delivered through an early test version of Apple’s upcoming Apple Intelligence text message summary feature. “No longer in a relationship; wants belongings from the apartment,” the AI-penned message reads, summing up the content of several separate breakup texts from his girlfriend—that arrived on his birthday, no less.

The content of the summarization seems to be just fine, but its very existence is ghastly. Perhaps some things should just not be summarized. “Dad died; funeral Sunday” may be accurate, but it’s also horrifyingly inhuman.

Stepping back further, it’s also worth considering that some things simply just should not be text messages. Not everything in this life calls for brevity and expediency. If you’ve been dating someone long enough to have belongings in their apartment, you probably owe them the courtesy of an in-person break-up.