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Cloning the Self for Mental Well-Being: A Framework for Designing Safe and Therapeutic Self-Clone Chatbots
Mehrnoosh Sadat Shirvani, Jackie Crowley, Cher Peng +6
As digital tools increasingly mediate mental health care, self-clone chatbots can offer a uniquely novel approach to intra-personal exploration and self-derived support. Trained to…
The AI Genie Phenomenon and Three Types of AI Chatbot Addiction: Escapist Roleplays, Pseudosocial Companions, and Epistemic Rabbit Holes
M. Karen Shen, Jessica Huang, Olivia Liang +2
Recent reports on generative AI chatbot use raise concerns about its addictive potential. An in-depth understanding is imperative to minimize risks, yet AI chatbot addiction remain…
Social Media Clones: Exploring the Impact of Social Delegation with AI Clones through a Design Workbook Study
Jackie Liu, Mehrnoosh Sadat Shirvani, Hwajung Hong +2
Social media clones are AI-powered social delegates of ourselves created using our personal data. As our identities and online personas intertwine, these technologies have the pote…
Talking to an AI Mirror: Designing Self-Clone Chatbots for Enhanced Engagement in Digital Mental Health Support
Mehrnoosh Sadat Shirvani, Jackie Liu, Thomas Chao +4
Mental health conversational agents have the potential to deliver valuable therapeutic impact, but low user engagement remains a critical barrier hindering their efficacy. Existing…