Mark Zuckerberg wants you to have more friends — but AI friends

Meta’s (META) Mark Zuckerberg built his career on the idea that you have friends. Now he’s concerned that you don’t have enough, so he’d like to invent some for you.

The co-founder of Facebook recently told podcaster Dwarkesh Pate that “the average American has fewer than three friends.” He’s likely referring to a 2023 Pew Research study that found that 40% of adult Americans have three or fewer friends; that…