But in recent days, a bevy of AI-generated people have overwhelmed my Facebook feed. They are, I’m sure, a cruder manifestation of the idea than the AI members Hayes was talking up.

Facebook previously housed friend requests and friend suggestions within the Friends tab, but now it’s been replaced by a dedicated friends-only feed.

The site is different now. I just counted the first 20 posts on my Facebook feed, and thanks to the site's "discovery engine," only three were posts from human friends.