Debate over using an AI agent to watch friends' Instagram Stories

omooretweets · x · 2026-10-17

Katie Notopoulos shared that she has Meta's Muse agent watch all Instagram Stories from her Close Friends list and send a morning summary, so she never has to watch them herself—"freed from the shackles of friendship."

omooretweets takes the other side: many people feel lonely because they can't overcome the activation energy of reaching out, and an agent that gives them a push or a reason to connect is a good thing.

A fun data point in the debate over AI mediating social relationships.

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