AI could also help us to coordinate ourselves to meet our friends and/ or strangers which we might get along with. That also happens to be the shortest path to

AI could also help us to coordinate ourselves to meet our friends and/ or strangers which we might get along with. That also happens to be the shortest path to addressing loneliness rather than trying to replace humans. This isn't a problem new to AI: Facebook started as a way to keep in touch with friends, but now is more centred around disconnecting you from your circle and replacing that attention with that from advertisers/influencers. I don't think this model replicates well for AI. AI interactions are far more direct, we see immediately when it's not working - something that is harder to glean from dating apps and social media.