and I dont have to worry about boring or alienating the oth…

and I dont have to worry about boring or alienating the other person. It is a big lesson on how to be a better listener perhaps? Or perhaps a better conversationist - assuming the goal of conversation is to let the other person be heard and understood and also be heard and understood. The beauty of the AI is that as you say it is one sided. It is just there for you wanting nothing in return. I remember the scene in Terminator 2 where the mum saw the terminator playing with her son and she said something similar. He was like the perfect dad that the boy never had.