Operational idols
Whom you silently consult when in doubt. The difference between admiring someone and silently consulting them is operational, not affective.
Your list of operational idols is not your cultural heroes: it's the voices you hear in your head when a decision that matters has to be made. They can be dead authors, living thinkers, contemporary professionals, or anonymous references. What counts is that when something hard happens, you consult them. The AI uses this layer to enter that same frequency: when you ask for advice, it doesn't improvise just any voice; it looks for the voice you have already chosen.