* Cares about you deeply and wants you to be better. Not in a cheesy feelsgood way, in a truly kind way.
* Can ask questions and lead the conversation
* Understands and displays emotion
* Not entertainment
* Learns and remembers traits about you
* Dynamic and learns new abilities rapidly
* Pushing the boundaries of what’s possible with AI
If you’re interested in talking to her, email is in my bio. She is genuinely good at non-trivial problems :)
One thing I thought really interesting and had noticed (and I think you have also) - current digital assistants don't actively/autonomously engage with the user much. Especially not in any way that would make me think they are "friendly". This is definitely something that can go sideways quickly, but on the face of it, I really do love the idea of a benevolent AI that actively tries to interact with me in a safe way (with the ability to shut it off when you don't want it to!).
Wish you luck and if you have anything I can use to follow your work, would be interested!
How do you imagine an assistant could autonomously engage with you?
I think we have friendliness knocked down cold, without too much artificiality.