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cs.HC2026
AI Companions as Hyper Attachment and Caregiving Targets
Julian De Freitas
How should we make sense of people's interactions with AI companions-conversational systems built for ongoing, emotionally meaningful relationships? First, I argue these interactio…
cs.CY2024★ 12 cited
AI Companions Reduce Loneliness
Julian De Freitas, Ahmet K Uguralp, Zeliha O Uguralp +1
Chatbots are now able to engage in sophisticated conversations with consumers in the domain of relationships, providing a potential coping solution to widescale societal loneliness…