Am I Wrong to Judge People for Talking to Me in Emoji?

"Not only do I refuse to speak in symbols--emoji, bitmoji, likes, reactions, whatever--I also judge people who do. With AI image generators like Dall-E Mini going mainstream, it'll only get easier to communicate in images. I'm afraid we're losing something essential, like actually having something to say." Your question assumes that there is a clear boundary between written languages and images, which, I'm sorry to point out, isn't true. Many writing systems, including cuneiform and Mandarin Chinese, originated with pictograms.