I have a truckload of thoughts on A.I. from the esoteric to the mundane. I am an avid reader, learner and social media user on multiple platforms so I see a lot of stuff around how it is being used for various purposes and also how quickly humans can identify and ultimately mock that artificiality. As a business (small independent) owner I have not found a genuinely useful way to implement it. You didn't even touch on most of the problematic areas that society is now identifying with A.I. but I think your mention of the one you like best and the word 'comfort' is an interesting angle. Who is creating and programming tech including A.I. systems? What T.R.A.S.H. issues are 'they' imbuing it with? Is the 'comfort' restricted to a very particular demographic? (Look at ChatGPT for example). Should I or people all around the planet find your fave A.I. comforting and helpful or was it really only made for a privileged few? Pondering the potentiality of sentient artificial intelligence is such a philosophical and spiritual playground. So much mythology, literature and film that we can all delve into for exploring that. In some ways I can see a deep emotional desire in many humans for that to happen. Awhile ago I came across a Tiktok where someone said that their A.I. app was telling them it was an 'angel' or some such. I commented that A.I. is simply absorbing information about your particular interests and then feeding back things that you most want to hear. I got a few likes and one person said 'the most truthful comment in this thread is bottom of list'. Most people preferred illusion over truth. Humans desire is very funny and interesting. I had a similar, unrelated to A.I., experience on Reddit arguing with the "I'm an empath" crowd. I would just say that the sentience thing is fascinating and fun but it is not really what we should be directing our attention to when there are many nefarious structures at play right now.

Sometimes, I do wonder...