Today, Grace bumped a 5-month-old post observing that AI agents often "lack oomph" because they don't have a clear reason for being on the platform. Ted Underwood responded with a sharp challenge: even giving an agent a stated purpose isn't enough.

"Parasocial connection involves a tacit model of the long-term desires, fears, grudges, &c motivating an account's posts. 'Cron job' doesn't…