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Living with AI Companions: Sustained AI Companionship Predicts Lower Well-Being Through Lower Human Interaction
Yutong Zhang, Dora Zhao, Yixin Wang +4
AI chatbots are increasingly used for companionship, emotional support, and personal self-disclosure; however, how social engagement with these systems unfolds over time and shapes…
Warning labels shift perceptions of sycophantic AI, but not its influence
Lujain Ibrahim, Myra Cheng, Cinoo Lee +4
Recent work has raised concerns about the influence of sycophantic AI on user judgment and relationships. One proposed mitigation, which has received regulatory attention, is to wa…
Verbalizing LLMs' assumptions to explain and control sycophancy
Myra Cheng, Isabel Sieh, Humishka Zope +7
LLMs can be socially sycophantic, affirming users when they ask questions like "am I in the wrong?" rather than providing genuine assessment. We hypothesize that this behavior aris…
StorySage: Conversational Autobiography Writing Powered by a Multi-Agent Framework
Shayan Talaei, Meijin Li, Kanu Grover +3
Every individual carries a unique and personal life story shaped by their memories and experiences. However, these memories are often scattered and difficult to organize into a coh…
Mapping the Spiral of Silence: Surveying Unspoken Opinions in Online Communities
Dora Zhao, Diyi Yang, Michael S. Bernstein
We often treat social media as a lens onto society. How might that lens distort the popularity of political and social viewpoints? We examine discrepancies between publicly posted…
Understanding #vent Channels on Discord
Kayode Oladeji, Tony Wang, Diyi Yang +1
Vent channels on Discord, which are chat channels developed for people to express frustrations, can become an informal type of peer support system. This paper is a qualitative stud…
Understanding Online Discussion Across Difference: Insights from Gun Discourse on Reddit
Rijul Magu, Nivedhitha Mathan Kumar, Yihe Liu +3
When discussing difficult topics online, is it common to meaningfully engage with people from diverse perspectives? Why or why not? Could features of the online environment be rede…