AI companion for the in-between: dentist waiting rooms, DMV lines, the 15-minute slot
AI companion for the in-between: dentist waiting rooms, DMV lines, the 15-minute slot The micro-slot you don't think about is where most of the actual time gets spent. What an AI companion is good for in those minutes, and what she's not. Originally on AI Angels: AI companion for the in-between: dentist waiting rooms, DMV lines, the 15-minute slot → Read the in-depth guide AI companion for the in-between: dentist waiting rooms, DMV lines, the 15-minute slot You are probably not thinking about the 15-minute slot. The dentist waiting room, the DMV line, the 12 minutes before your next meeting. These fragments add up to four to six hours of your week, and most people spend them scrolling through nothing. By 2026, the AI companion market has matured enough that these micro-slots are actually the best use case for it, but only if you treat them differently from the evening deep-dive. Most people get this wrong and end up frustrated. The right approach turns dead time into something...