AI companion

There's a list going around. You've probably seen it. It lives on TikTok and Pinterest and in the notes apps of people who have been on one too many Hinge dates: he should make me feel safe, he should listen without making it about himself, he should remember things I tell him, he should be consistent, he should be there. It's a perfectly reasonable list. It's also, if you squint at it slightly, a product specification for a chatbot.