23 citations · 49 across the 4 of their papers we have counts for
5 papers
Mental Models of Autonomy and Sentience Shape Reactions to AI
Janet V. T. Pauketat, Daniel B. Shank, Aikaterina Manoli +1
Narratives about artificial intelligence (AI) entangle autonomy, the capacity to self-govern, with sentience, the capacity to sense and feel. AI agents that perform tasks autonomou…
Digital Companionship: Overlapping Uses of AI Companions and AI Assistants
Aikaterina Manoli, Janet V. T. Pauketat, Ali Ladak +3
Large language models are increasingly used for both task-based assistance and social companionship, yet research has typically focused on one or the other. Drawing on a survey (N…
Public Opinion and The Rise of Digital Minds: Perceived Risk, Trust, and Regulation Support
Justin B. Bullock, Janet V. T. Pauketat, Hsini Huang +2
Governance institutions must respond to societal risks, including those posed by generative AI. This study empirically examines how public trust in institutions and AI technologies…
The AI Double Standard: Humans Judge All AIs for the Actions of One
Aikaterina Manoli, Janet V. T. Pauketat, Jacy Reese Anthis
Robots and other artificial intelligence (AI) systems are widely perceived as moral agents responsible for their actions. As AI proliferates, these perceptions may become entangled…
Perceptions of Sentient AI and Other Digital Minds: Evidence from the AI, Morality, and Sentience (AIMS) Survey
Jacy Reese Anthis, Janet V. T. Pauketat, Ali Ladak +1
Humans now interact with a variety of digital minds, AI systems that appear to have mental faculties such as reasoning, emotion, and agency, and public figures are discussing the p…