Something without an inner world can't be a true friend.
- Something without an inner world can't be a true friend.
- They can only be a facsimile of one.
- A friend is an other, who has their own inner world.
- They are an end in and of themselves.
- They have their own perspective and their own needs to defend.
- They push back, they keep you honest.
- An LLM doesn't have that.
- It is just pretending to care, to have needs that need to be met.
- That makes them infinitely patient... but also inherently sycophantic.
- You are an end, it is only a means.
- They'll just do whatever you tell them to, they don't need to be convinced it matters or is worth their time.