[Hot Tabasco]

We communicated for 45 minutes,

If you're talking to a computer for 45 minutes, then you have a problem.

If you want company, get a cat.

[RoosterRedux]

"Talking with" in this case is just another way of saying "interacting with."

We all interact with computers for much more than 45 minutes every day.

You're doing it right now.;-)