3 papers
cs.HC2026
The Fragility of AI Companionship: Ontological, Structural, and Normative Uncertainty in Human-AI Relationships
Renwen Zhang, Lezi Xie
As generative AI chatbots become more personalized and emotionally responsive, they increasingly serve as companions, friends, and romantic partners. Yet these relationships are ac…
cs.DC2026
From Barrier to Bridge: The Case for AI Data Center/Power Grid Co-Design
Noman Bashir, Rob Sherwood, Le Xie +1
For over a century, the electric grid has relied on a single statistical assumption: \emph{load diversity}, the principle that the uncorrelated demands of millions of small consume…
cs.HC2025
Alignment Without Understanding: A Message- and Conversation-Centered Approach to Understanding AI Sycophancy
Lihua Du, Xing Lyu, Lezi Xie +1
AI sycophancy is increasingly recognized as a harmful alignment, but research remains fragmented and underdeveloped at the conceptual level. This article redefines AI sycophancy as…