Spookybot needs help. Peer review. How would she go about recruiting an ethics review panel?
Fingersnapping it into existence?
I think this is part of Spooky's problem. They are lacking in peers. We the readers are aware that Spooky is a distributed consciousness across several, likely many bodies. Those in the comic might think Spooky's use of the phrase 'we' when referring to themselves like the royal 'we', thinking it a superiority complex issue. But when Spooky says 'this is something we struggle with, something we question' they really literally mean they have discussions about it. It makes me wonder if the various iterations of Spooky might not be slightly different in personality, of if this is an externalized version of people's internal thought process.
We know that Spooky keeps several bodies going even when they don't need to. And they keep dogs. This kind of strikes me that they are kind of lonely. Even someone like Station is so far beneath them in capability that they can be entirely dismissive of him. And I think that Station is the most powerful semi-embodied AI that we've seen outside of Spooky. We've heard talk about much more computationally powerful AI, but they don't bother with human interaction all that much and are just off doing their super computer thing. Spooky on the other hand seems to be on that level, but distributed over many different chassis. And they don't need to be. Since they rarely interact with humans it seems, there is no reason to have a dozen or more bodies... but they do.
I do think comparison's to Q are pretty on the nose. Consider his fascination with humans in general and Picard in particular. Q has god-like power but finds these mere mortals to be interesting. And in his own particular way he's friendly with them. Spooky I think is experiencing similar feelings and desires. They were originally drawn into this circle on finding out what happened to Bubbles and the offense it caused to their reverence over the sanctity of the mind. I don't remember if it ever was said how Spooky found out about it.... but I suspect Roko suspecting Corpsewitch of AI rights violations was a link in that chain.
After that I believe that Spooky became interested in the lives of the AI around this situation. I think that they found something of kindred spirits in Bubbles and Roko. That they might share some principles, and that Spooky has taken a Q like interest in their lives, as opposed to how they think of other AI and humans. But they kept their distance and just observed. As pointed out in today's comic, Spooky's been rooting around in Bubble's mind before and that leads to an awkwardness that keeps them from getting close to her, though they are obviously still watching.
They seem something in Roko though. And have enough affection and desire for contact with her that they came by to visit as soon as Roko was alone. The timing was not a coincidence. I think that Spooky has been concerned with the well being of Roko since the accident. But they also do not interact with or want to be seen by many people. And even worse, Bubbles and Faye know what Spooky looks like and what they are, so stopping by the body shop would have definitely tipped their hand. Similarly while Roko's mind was loaded into the server rack it was probably monitored 24/7... Visting her in white space probably would have been noticed. So they waited until the first time Roko was alone to show up.
I think the interest in watching Roko and low-key interest in friendship has been floating around in Spooky's processes for a while. But nothing ever came about because they had all the time in the world... Until they almost didn't. Until Roko almost died from having her mind crushed. Remember that it was said that the extra reinforcement she got as a police officer was what saved her central processor from being crushed. I think that is what spurred Spooky into making contact with Roko directly and awkwardly trying to offer comfort. Spooky wants that personal connection, yet for all their capabilities this is something they are not great at. It's actually kind of endearing to me.