3 papers
"Death" of a Chatbot: Investigating and Designing Toward Psychologically Safe Endings for Human-AI Relationships
Rachel Poonsiriwong, Chayapatr Archiwaranguprok, Pat Pataranutaporn
Millions of users form emotional attachments to AI companions like Character AI, Replika, and ChatGPT. When these relationships end through model updates, safety interventions, or…
Simulating Life Paths with Digital Twins: AI-Generated Future Selves Influence Decision-Making and Expand Human Choice
Rachel Poonsiriwong, Chayapatr Archiwaranguprok, Constanze Albrecht +6
Major life transitions demand high-stakes decisions, yet people often struggle to imagine how their future selves will live with the consequences. To support this limited capacity…
Future You: Designing and Evaluating Multimodal AI-generated Digital Twins for Strengthening Future Self-Continuity
Constanze Albrecht, Chayapatr Archiwaranguprok, Rachel Poonsiriwong +7
What if users could meet their future selves today? AI-generated future selves simulate meaningful encounters with a digital twin decades in the future. As AI systems advance, comb…