Something that stood out to me in the interview about The Stochastic Parrot was this comment: “They can communicate with other AI cohabitants and maybe even help surface people who are similar to you.” Right now, we connect with people similar to us or helpful to us through IRL, social media, and web searches. That assumes you’re either with a person or that a person of interest is making the effort of posting something for you to discover. That comment gave an insight into a strange world reminiscent of the show Pluribus. In this case, a robot parrot (or any other physical robot) observes you, learns about your nuanced way of living, and is connected to everybody else’s robots on the backend. This would give them ability to connect you to others who may be able to solve your current problem that you’re not posting about or telling another human, or just find people who are deeply similar or perfect romantic matches, or whatever. Obviously super creepy, but a very realistic near-future for some people.