Meta has a new stand-alone AI app. It lets you see what other people are asking. I’m confused.

It’s 10 p.m., and I’m in bed on my phone, listening to an audio clip of a woman asking an AI chatbot for medical advice about her sick pet turtle. As someone who loves to lurk in other people’s business, I’m in heaven. But how did we get here? Let’s back up.

This week, Meta launched the Meta AI app. The app has two functions: The first is that it replaces “Meta View,” which was the app that went with Meta Ray-Ban glasses.

The second (which doesn’t require the…