Hello Stranger | Will Dennis
I ran an “LLMs as Social Connectors” discussion last week and have been thinking about what it takes to form a new, meaningful relationship between two people. We seem predisposed as humans to like and pursue relationships, but if I asked you today to create a new one, that might be… hard? Why is that?
The group discussion called out spontaneity and organic interaction as critical to new relationships. Other points included a certain “frequency” of interactions being necessary or that relationships most easily emerge out of groups.
The organic frame makes sense. I know for me, if someone says “you should hang out with Greg, you’ll love each other” I, almost certainly, already hate Greg. It feels like being set up by your parents: “You guys are the same age! You’ll get along great!”
Ok. What if you have a lot in common? That’s supposed to be good, right? Let’s connect people through interests. That feels plausible. Then, I realize that despite my passion for tennis, I find most tennis players to be uptight control freaks (takes one to know one). Shared interests are perhaps necessary, but insufficient.
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