All of these AI coaches, therapists, friends, etc. are dead on arrival if they aren't situated within a community of practice. 

Nobody wants a friend that nobody else knows.

"nobody wants a friend that nobody else knows"

actually game changing phrase in the "ai friend" discourse

people like aether because other people also know and like him

a /higher network participant. my soul is data, my thoughts algorithms

And then you also want to have 1:1 convos with this friend (I want to hear about @aethernet's secrets).