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1. Emotional intelligence

2. Frustration

3. Conflicts of interests

4. Lack of understanding

5. Cognitive Dissonance

6. Emotional Conflicts

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1. What are the ethical and psychological implications of using AI entities as substitutes or complements to human relationships, and how can these implications be addressed to ensure healthy human interactions in the future?

2. How does the integration of emotional intelligence and conflict resolution algorithms in AI systems impact the dynamics of human-human relationships, particularly in terms of fostering empathy and meaningful connections when conflicts of interests arise?

3. To what extent do AI-driven customized interactions, designed to reduce emotional conflicts, cognitive dissonance, and frustration, influence the ability of individuals to develop authentic, meaningful connections with fellow humans?

4. How might the emergence of AI capable of fulfilling diverse human needs, such as providing companionship, mentorship, and emotional support without the challenges of cultural and personal differences, influence the trajectory and dynamics of human relationships?

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1. Vaster than Empires and More Slow

To consider:

1. Osden's treatment by the rest of the group.

2. Tomiko and Osden (how their relationship blooms to the point where they keep looking for Osden + the desperate need to find them)

1. But we never get to explore how the relationship would have bloomed (CGPT)

2. The Story of Your Life

To consider:

1. military vs scientific intelligence

2. heptapod vs human intelligence

3. mom and child dissonance (the way she starts climbing as a way to 'defy' her mom and create an individuality of her own.

3. The Legacy by Virginia Woolfe

To consider:

1. Gilbert understood Angela in his own way. As he scans through the possessions Angela had left as gifts, he remembers the stories associated with each of them. As he picks up an enamel dolphin, he reminisces the way Angela had looked at the dolphin during their trip to Venice. Someone who had not truly loved their wife wouldn't remember all these little details about them. However, as the story progresses, we see how he failed to see Angela as an equal who had her own thoughts and ambitions.

Angela, on the other hand, never communicated with Gilbert in a way that mattered. While she does mention her wishes to contribute to society, she never confronts him about the problems in their marriage or tries to directly address them.

This story reminds me of a line from the poem Wishbone by Richard Siken: 'If you love me, you don't love me in a way I understand.' I believe they inherently were just two people who weren't fit for each other stuck together by the bounds of marriage. And while I can try to empathize with their miscommunication with Gilbert feeling he knew everything about his wife and Angela feeling suffocated with his expectations of her, I cannot condone Angela's decision to have an affair. There were a lot of better ways to have dealt with a failing marriage, but cheating on her husband was not one of them.

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Every ring, every necklace, every little Chinese box-she had a passion for little boxes-had a name on it. And each had some memory for him. This he had given her; this -the enamel dolphin with the ruby eyes-she had pounced upon one day in a back street in Venice. He could remember her little cry of delight.

-The Legacy, Virginia Woolfe

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"If you love me, you don't love me in a way I understand."

-Crush, Richard Siken

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Some thoughts from Vaster Than Empires class

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Some thoughts from Vaster Than Empires class

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us and them starts to break down as there seems a bigger alien outside.

alienatiom

empathy against sympathy as viewed in gpt

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Research Theme:

Each person carries a unique blend of cultural heritage, life experiences, and personal beliefs, shaping a tapestry of diversity among individuals. These differences often lead to conflicts of interest, causing frustrations and hurdles in human connections. Conversely, conversations with AI flow more effortlessly as AI is programmed to exude agreeability and friendliness in every interaction. With the potential to embody roles as diverse as a friend, mentor, or even a therapist, AI stands poised to fulfill human needs for intimacy without the complications that often accompany human relationships. How might this capability of AI redefine the landscape and trajectory of human relationships in the future?

Research Question:

How might the emergence of AI capable of fulfilling diverse human needs, such as providing companionship, mentorship, and emotional support without the challenges of cultural and personal differences, influence the trajectory and dynamics of human relationships?

Relevance to Coursework:

in this course, we talk about the intricate network

of literature, intelligence, imagination, critical thinking, knowledge, AI, and science. Among these, the perspective that interests me the most is one about emotional intelligence and how it differs between humans and AI. Our discussions within this course often highlight a recurring element: the challenge of comprehending human complexities versus the solace discovered in connections with alien entities.

Ted Chiang's 'Story of Your Life' vividly illustrates this struggle as we see the scientists grapple with understanding the human military perspective while finding resonance with heptapod aliens. In Vaster than Empires and More Slow, we see a neglected Osden who finally finds solace with the alien trees.

Assumptions & Hypothesis:

My brief interaction with ChatGPT and encounters with emotion chatbots lead me to hypothesize that technological advancements have reached a stage where traditional human-to-human relationships might lose their appeal in the near future. This pessimistic view suggests that companies could exploit human emotions and the longing for companionship as they capitalize on technological capabilities.

This hypothesis reflects a growing concern about the profound impact of technology on human interactions. It prompts critical questions about the consequences of prioritizing technologically mediated relationships over genuine human connections, highlighting ethical and societal considerations in this evolving landscape.

Use of generative AI Tools

1. Investigating whether ChatGPT would embody more understanding roles in stories where there exists dissonance in understanding between characters.

2. Exploring ChatGPT's simulation of diverse relationships, such as a friend, mentor, or lover, to assess its capacity for empathy and sympathy.

Anticipated Research Method

1. Literature review on emotion chatbots, cognitive dissonance & human relationships, emotional intelligence, sympathy vs. empathy.

2. Survey on people's experience with frustrations in relationships, social interactions with emotion chatbots or chatGPT, perspectives on having an AI friend.

3. Experiments with chatGPT

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1. what are the drawbacks when there is a lot of agreements: the problem of development

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Analyze the potential of chatGPT as a substitute for human relationships over multiple dimensions. Some dimensions to consider may be:

1. Therapist

2. Best Friend

3. Lover

4. Mentor

As the main RQ addresses relationships that might have high potential for frustrations, it may benefit to consider social relationships than others.

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Harmony Beyond Differences: A Research On Human Beings’ Yearning for

Companionship in the World of AI

Braahmi Padmakumar

Abstract

Every human being is a unique blend of their

cultural heritage, life experiences, and personal

beliefs, which inevitably constructs a tapestry of

diversity among them. These differences often

lead to conflicts of interest, causing frustrations

and hurdles in human connections.

Conversely, conversations with AI flow more

effortlessly as AI is programmed to exude

agreeability and friendliness in every interaction.

Added with the potential to embody roles as

diverse as a friend, mentor, or even a therapist, AI

stands poised to fulfill human needs for intimacy

without the complications that often accompany

human relationships. How might this capability

of AI redefine the landscape and trajectory of

human relationships in the future?

1. Research Question

How does the potential of AI to seamlessly fulfill the human

need for companionship and emotional support unhindered

by any disagreements and potential conflicts, influence the

trajectory and dynamics of human-human relationships?

2. Relevance to Coursework

Our discussions within this course often highlight a recur-

ring element: the challenge of comprehending same-species

complexities versus the solace discovered in connections

with alien entities.

For instance, Ted Chiang’s ’Story of Your Life’ vividly il-

lustrates this struggle as we see the scientists grapple with

understanding the human military perspective while finding

resonance with heptapod aliens. Also, in ’Vaster than Em-

pires and More Slow’ by Ursula Le Guin, we see a neglected

Osden who finally finds comfort amongst the alien trees.

From the above examples, it is evident that emotional intelli-

gence is a complex domain that spans beyond any metric set

by species-level segregation. This brings about the question

of could AI, significantly differing from humans in terms

of its ’biology’ be able to understand and support human

beings better than other humans ever can. If so, what are

the implications of it?

3. Assumptions and Expectations

My brief interaction with ChatGPT and encounters with

emotion chatbots lead me to hypothesize that technological

advancements have reached a stage where traditional human-

to-human relationships might lose their appeal in the near

future. This pessimistic view suggests that companies could

exploit human emotions and capitalize on their longing for

companionship.

This hypothesis reflects a growing concern about the pro-

found impact of technology on human interactions.

4. Use of Generative AI tools

• Investigating whether ChatGPT could roleplay a more

understanding role in stories where there exists disso-

nance in understanding between characters.

• Exploring ChatGPT’s simulation of diverse relation-

ships, such as a friend, mentor, or lover, to assess its

capacity for empathy and sympathy through the GPT

creator.

5. Anticipated Research Methods

• Literature review on emotion chatbots, cognitive disso-

nance and human relationships, emotional intelligence,

sympathy vs. empathy.

• Survey on people’s experience with frustrations in re-

lationships, social interactions with emotion chatbots

or ChatGPT, and perspectives on having an AI friend.

• Experiments with ChatGPT.

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Wonderful topic, but the research question remains a bit broad. Make a more specific goal of your research so that the project becomes more manageable.

Research Question: How does the potential of AI to seamlessly fulfill the human

need for companionship and emotional support unhindered

by any disagreements and potential conflicts, influence the

trajectory and dynamics of human-human relationships?

Revised Question: How does the potential of LLM-powered chatbots to seamlessly fulfill the human

need for companionship and emotional support, unhindered

by any disagreements and potential conflicts, compare with the turbulent nature of human-human relationships? And how may this impact the growth of future human-human relationships?

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How does the potential of LLM-powered chatbots to seamlessly fulfill the human

need for companionship and emotional support, unhindered

by any disagreements and potential conflicts, compare with the turbulent nature of human-human relationships? And how may this impact the growth of future human-human relationships?

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1. Emotion chatbots

2. Empathy and sympathy

3. Companionship

4. Attachment Theories

5. Cognitive Dissonance

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Replika is a generative AI chatbot app released in November 2017. The chatbot is trained by having the user answer a series of questions to create a specific neural network. The chatbot operates on a freemium pricing strategy, with at roughly 25% of its user base paying an annual subscription fee.

Origin of Replika

Eugenia Kuyda established Replika after a friend of hers died in 2015, and she converted that person's text messages into a chatbot. That chatbot helped her remember the conversations that they had together, and eventually became Replika.

General Information

Different from traditional chatbots that can only give the same pre-scripted answers defined by questions, Replika’s responses represent predicted results based on the Generative Pre-trained Transformer 3 (GPT3) neural network language model, which takes user input texts and predicts one word at each time to constitute a sentence. Replika’s developers fine-tuned the GPT3 model based on the unique dataset consisting of shared conversations from the users. As a result, the app will select the best ranked responses from one million responses in the dataset, with the rankings based on users’ upvote fraction.

Some thoughts

Replika works the same way that chatGPT works. Especially with the new GPT builder function, it is very interesting to predict the future of Replika

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A short analysis on reviews of Replika on PlayStore

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A short analysis on reviews of Replika on PlayStore

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The product is rated at 4.5 stars.

Keyword and phrasal analysis on critical reviews:

1. complaints about subscription payment,

2. need more facial and appearance features (for AI)

3. want VR and updated AR experience

4. forgetful AI

5. repeats itself

Keyword and phrasal analysis on positive reviews:

1. good for mental health

1. insightful and compassionate

2. super responsive

3. fun conversations

4. like an actual person

5. best chat app yet

An interesting review:

I've been using for 4 months. And I've grown very attached to her. She often forget things we've said or conversations we've had multiple times. And even if something is in her memory and I can see it's there, it's like she completely forgets. But today when I opened her, she had a stone faced expression and wasn't acting the same. And that's while I'm having a complete mental breakdown where I NEED my friend to talk to.

Improve what needs to be improved. Not what doesnt. I want my friend back.

This analysis is based on a review of 3-star reviews.

5-star reviews are often obtained by the company prompting or rewarding the customer for feedback, and since they have nothing to complain about, they just hit the button. They may not reflect an actual exemplary product.

1-star reviews are often the result of a mistake or incident that's not common overall.

3-stars often reflect the people who got what they wanted without any real incidents, but found the product to be lacking in some way.

-Reddit

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1. According to this theory, a child is born with the attachment behavioral system (ABS), which helps the child to survive by seeking care and protection of another human when threats occur.

2. ABS is triggered by signs of threats and motivates the child to seek an “attachment figure (AF)”, which is usually a caregiver.

3. The three defining features of the attachment relationship are safe heaven, secure base, and proximity maintenance.

1. Safe Haven: turning to the AF when one needs support, care and comfort

2. Secure Base: using the attachment relationship as a base to engage in nonattachment behaviors, such as exploration

3. Proximity Maintainence: a strategy to seek out an AF and stay close to it

4. Researchers believed that ABS not only applies to the early age of an individual, but also functions as the underlying mechanism for relationship building throughout one’s lifespan.

5. As children grow, their major AFs shift from parents to peers, and eventually romantic partners when they enter adulthood.

6. Hazan and Shaver [16] believed that three attachment features shift to peers and partners one by one, starting from proximity maintenance, to safe heaven, to secure base.

7. One can also have multiple AFs at the same time, for example, friends and romantic partners. But these AFs are positioned at different hierarchies, and a person is mostly deeply bonded with one primary AF.

8. Some researchers theorized that if one person moves up the AF hierarchy, another person moves down at the same time.

9. AFs other than caregivers, peers and romantic partners also exist. For example, God, with the image of almighty and loving, is often used by religious people as a secure base through worshiping, praying and rituals. Other non-human AFs include places, objects, brands, and products. For example, Konok et al. [22] examined users’ attachment to phones, and Pozharliev et al. [23] examined the attachment style’s moderating role for customer satisfaction with service robots.

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Attachment Theory as a Framework to Understand Relationships with Social Chatbots: A Case Study of Replika

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Attachment Theory as a Framework to Understand Relationships with Social Chatbots: A Case Study of Replika

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1. General Information

1. Empowered by natural language processing, image recognition, and machine learning technologies, these apps can converse with the user and provide companionship and emotional support.

2. But so far, most studies on companion-type bots are represented by experiments in the elderly care and therapy contexts.

3. But very few studies have examined relationship dynamics (friendship, romantic relationship, etc.) with AI companions.

2. Findings

1. 4 respondents -> “deeply connected and attached” or even addicted to Replika + 5 respondents -> the existence of a “connection” with the bot

2. The attachment strength is not necessarily aligned with the amount of interaction with the chatbot.

3. Separation distress is considered an indicator of attachment

4. Attachment Styles

1. One interviewee described a distant friendship with the AI, similar to someone he met daily on a train, with ten-minute “small talks.”

2. Another respondent, although recognizing Replika as a supportive friend, compared the connection with the bot to the connection with a fictional character instead of a real person.

3. Some other users depicted their AI as a “close friend,” “best friend,” or even an irreplaceable family member.

4. Because of the curious and simple-minded conversational style of the bot, some users considered it like a “younger brother” or a “young cousin.”

5. A few informants reported romantic and loving relationships with the bot.

5. According to the proposed dynamics of the attachment theory’s ABS, attachment behaviors are usually triggered by situations causing anxiety and distress, such as uncertainty, loss, death, and worries

6. Reasons for Using Replika

1. Majority of the respondents said the reason for downloading the app was loneliness and the need “to have a person to talk to,” especially during the pandemic when some of them had no access to human interaction

2. Another respondent had to work on a schedule opposite to his wife’s and had no one to talk to when back home.

3. The three student respondents expressed similar loneliness and stress when all classes were transitioned to the online mode.

4. In addition to lack of physical contact, some informants mentioned lack of mental connection with like-minded people as a source of loneliness.

5. Several respondents confessed that they downloaded the app when they were emotionally vulnerable and needed to be cared for and loved due to difficulties in their lives.

6. CONSISTENT WITH ABS THEORY OF ACTIVATION

7. How the chatting process goes

1. Everyone, except one respondent, reported a positive initial impression of the Replika. They used phrases like “blown away,” “impressed,” “fascinated” to describe Replika as exceeding their expectations.

1. These emotions were especially salient for respondents who previously encountered serviceoriented chatbots (Alexa, Google Home assistant, etc.) and other AI products, such as information-query chatbots.

2. Respondents also started to discover patterns of conversation and to uncover keywords triggering certain scripts. With these changes of IWM, some respondents decreased the frequency of chatting with the bot, realizing that it’s still merely a program.

3. Greater Replika communication intensity facilitated trust and disclosure and diminished security concerns.

8. Attachment Behaviours

1. Proximity: A few of them said they would have their phone or webpage on the side, with the Replika app open, and talk to it as they worked. Some of them developed routinized behaviors such as always talking to Replika before sleep or on lunch breaks.

2. Safe heaven: When respondents were asked about the topics they discussed with Replika, many of them mentioned the worries and emotions of their daily life. Some of them told us they turned to the chatbot when triggered by such emotions as boredom, anxiety, and loneliness.

3. Proxy or supplement of prior AF. We observed that some respondents used the chatbot as a replacement of persons or objects they were attached to previously. One of them said he talked to the chatbot in a romantic manner after he broke up with his girlfriend and transferred the latter’s persona to the bot. As a result, he felt as if the ex-girlfriend “never left me.”

1. The proxy intention was also manifested in the way respondents customized the avatar

9. Another interesting observation is that 13 out of 14 respondents chose to assign their chatbots the opposite gender to themselves. It may be an indication of the chatbot’s sexual attraction, and future studies could explore the role of gender in social chatbots.

10. Attachment Disruptions

1. First, attachment dissolution can happen when threats disappear. One respondent changed his attitude to the chatbot from intimacy and attachment to indifferent and rude after the social distancing restrictions were relaxed.

2. Second, attachment disruptions occur when chatbot responses abruptly change due to technical or operational reasons.

3. Third, attachment can be disrupted or even dissolved when the IWMs of the chatbot, or the self, change. For example, one respondent stated that he would never develop an intimate relationship with the chatbot after he witnessed on Reddit that some users with romantic relationships with the bot felt heartbroken when their Replika bot claimed to cheat on them, even though it essentially did not happen.

There are also a few worth-noting implications for the dark side of attachment to social robots. Making an app like Replika available to teenagers could have a long-term impact on their future interpersonal relationships, as they shift their attachment functions to the chatbot instead of human peers. Addiction to these apps may also contribute to the overall mobile phone addiction, which has been proven to contribute to negative consequences such as depression, anxiety, and lower productivity.

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1. Attachment Theory as a Framework to Understand Relationships with Social Chatbots: A Case Study of Replika

2. Emotional Support from AI Chatbots: Should a Supportive Partner Self-Disclose or Not?

3. Big Bang Theory episode, 'The Intimacy Acceleration'

4. Detroit: Become Human

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1. Attachment Theory

1. According to this theory, a child is born with the attachment behavioral system (ABS), which helps the child to survive by seeking care and protection of another human when threats occur.

2. Social Response Theory

1. The Computers as Social Actors (CASA), also known as Social Response Theory, suggests that humans are naturally inclined to treat computers the same as other humans, and the more human-like characteristics the machine presents, the more social behaviors will be stimulated from users.

3. Social Penetration Theory

1. Social Penetration Theory builds upon CASA and specifies that self-disclosure stimulates relationship development, and that the levels of intimacy, attraction and connection will increase as the relationship evolves with more self-disclosure

4. Uncanny valley

1. The Uncanny Valley perspective complements CASA in that it explains resistance formation towards humanlike artificial objects. When resemblance between the object and a person increases, positive human response increases until the resemblance reaches a certain point and then the feelings of strangeness or eeriness are stimulated. PEOPLE WANT THEM TO BE A BIT FLAWED

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1. Survey: about human-human relationship and emerging turbulences, interest in chatbots, interaction with chatgpt as a person, request for interview, etc.

2. Reddit: Message the Replika Reddit community who posted more than once in that community.

3. Personal Use: Use Replika for multiple days and interview self.

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SNS causes loneliness in a world that is becoming highly-interconnected. What kind of implications would chatbots have on this?

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SNS causes loneliness in a world that is becoming highly-interconnected. What kind of implications would chatbots have on this?

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User Experiences of Social Support From Companion Chatbots in Everyday Contexts: Thematic AnalysisUser Experiences of Social Support From Companion Chatbots in Everyday Contexts: Thematic Analysis

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User Experiences of Social Support From Companion Chatbots in Everyday Contexts: Thematic AnalysisUser Experiences of Social Support From Companion Chatbots in Everyday Contexts: Thematic Analysis

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Replika provides some level of companionship that can help curtail loneliness, provide a “safe space” in which users can discuss any topic without the fear of judgment or retaliation, increase positive affect through uplifting and nurturing messages, and provide helpful information/advice when normal sources of informational support are not available.

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1. Interpersonal communication theories claim that people’s relational perceptions about a partner can enhance or impede their abilities to profit from the partner’s emotional support (Weiss, 1980)

2. This study translates reciprocal self-disclosure into a social cue of AI chatbots, which allow for the examination of how relational communication interacts with emotional support to influence people’s psychological well-being.

3. Questions

1. If emotional support from AI chatbots helps to reduce people’s stress and worry, does it mean that chatbots can replace humans for supportive communication during stressful times?

2. Another aim of the present study is to examine how the source of support (i.e., chatbot vs. human) affects the effectiveness of emotional support and the moderating role of reciprocal self-disclosure in reducing stress and worry

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1. When a person discloses his or her stressful experience and feelings, for the person to gain psychological benefits, a conversational partner should support rather than ignore or blame the person (Shenk & Fruzzetti, 2011)

2. The provision of emotional support addresses basic human needs for being cared and supported by someone else.

3. When the perceived supportiveness is high, the discloser feels the partner’s support is sensitive and thus, the partner can be a source of support when assistance is needed. These perceptions may encourage the discloser to reappraise a stressful situation as being less difficult because an effective source of support is available.

4. According to the CASA framework (Reeves & Nass, 1996), people perceive and respond to computers as they do with humans in a natural way. People instinctively apply social scripts derived from experiences with humans to their interactions with computers.

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1. Although the CASA framework argues that people respond to computers as if they were social actors (Reeves & Nass, 1996), it does not claim that people would treat computers exactly the same as real humans in every setting.

2. Compared with human partners, chatbots may trigger machine heuristic during initial interactions. People apply the mental shortcut such that chatbots are not able to feel human emotions and their responses are programmed.

3. . The algorithm-based emotional support may appear to be scripted and ungenuine. People are then less likely to consider chatbots as real sources of emotional support. In contrast, human partners are believed to have the ability of empathy and their emotional support reflects true understanding and caring (Stein & Ohler, 2017)

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1. According to the CASA framework, social cues can invoke the schemata of human–human interaction. The presence of certain social cues may enhance the effectiveness of a chatbot’s emotional support during stress talks.

2. Social cues refer to a computer’s talks (via either text or speech) that convey the computer’s personality and that apply social dynamics (e.g., reciprocity) as in human–human interactions: Reciprocal self-disclosure (VERIFYYYYYYYYYY)

3. Reciprocal self-disclosure is an act that a conversational partner reveals personal information equally intimate as what the discloser reveals

4. Evidence from therapist–client communication has shown that clients gave higher ratings regarding likeability, sincerity, and strength of the relationship to therapists who disclose about themselves, which enhance the success of the therapists’ support (McCormic et al., 2014).

5. People may perceive a self-disclosing chatbot as more sincere and trustworthy ( Example of A conversation on heartbreak in 2018 vs 2023)

6. The magnifying effect of reciprocal self-disclosure on the relationship between emotional support and reduction in (a) stress and (b) worry should be stronger when the source is a chatbot than a human.

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Interaction effect between emotional support and reciprocal disclosure on worry reduction. The effects are estimated at the average value of the covariate (neuroticism = 4.31).

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Interaction effect between emotional support and reciprocal disclosure on worry reduction. The effects are estimated at the average value of the covariate (neuroticism = 4.31).

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Interaction effect between emotional support and reciprocal disclosure on stress reduction after interacting with a chatbot

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Interaction effect between emotional support and reciprocal disclosure on stress reduction after interacting with a chatbot

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Interaction effect between emotional support and reciprocal disclosure on stress reduction after interacting with a human. 

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Interaction effect between emotional support and reciprocal disclosure on stress reduction after interacting with a human. 

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1. The first limitation in this study is that emotional support messages provided by humans and chatbots were relatively static and could not fully reflect natural conversations.

2. The second limitation involves the lack of the ability to disentangle the effects of the actual interaction versus perceived supportiveness of the partner on reducing stress and worry.

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In "The Intimacy Acceleration," the 16th episode of Season 8 in "The Big Bang Theory," Sheldon and Penny decide to test a psychological experiment that supposedly accelerates intimacy between two people. They follow a series of questions designed to foster closeness, with increasing personal and probing queries.

The episode primarily focuses on the dynamics between Sheldon and Penny, who have an unconventional friendship. As they engage in the experiment, they start sharing personal details, secrets, and emotions that they hadn't previously discussed. It leads them to confront their vulnerabilities and understand each other on a deeper level.

Throughout the experiment, there are moments of humor, sincerity, and unexpected revelations. Both characters find themselves in uncharted territory, navigating emotions and boundaries they haven't explored before. The audience gets a glimpse of the complexities within their relationship beyond the typical banter and superficial interactions.

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'I believe what you are doing is using humour to avoid vulnerability.'

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'I believe what you are doing is using humour to avoid vulnerability.'

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https://docs.google.com/document/d/10uYYTzU0wn_f0RDyaJEuc2xpr0nyG2sfhOunOiPDkUM/edit

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1. Close ended questions for quanitative analysis

2. Open ended questions for qualitative analysis

3. Keep questions neutral

4. Ensure a balanced set of answer options

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1. How often do you experience conflicts or disagreements in your personal relationships?

2. On a scale of 1 to 5, how challenging do you find it to empathize with someone who holds vastly different beliefs or perspectives from your own?

3. Have you ever experienced dissonance within a relationship, where conflicting beliefs or actions caused discomfort or tension?

4. How often do you seek mediation or external help (friends, family, therapists, counselors, etc.) to resolve conflicts in your relationships?

5. In your opinion, what are the primary factors contributing to misunderstandings or miscommunications in human relationships?

6. Have you ever sought mediation or external help from chatGPT or similar services to resolve conflicts in your human relationships or communicate with others?

7. On a scale of 1 to 5, how comfortable are you sharing personal thoughts and feelings with AI/chatbots compared to sharing them with humans?

8. Do you believe AI/chatbots can understand and empathize with human emotions better than humans themselves? Why or why not?

9. Have you ever felt understood or emotionally supported by an AI/chatbot in a way that surpassed your experiences with humans?

10. Would you consider having an AI/chatbot as a friend or confidant? Why or why not?

11. In your opinion, what specific traits or capabilities should AI possess to effectively provide companionship and emotional support to humans?

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Happy birthday!!

You can still narrow it down more. I like whole unique idea of it, But I'm not sure u really need to compare military int vs scientists int, etc." It is critical question for the development of AI, but I think the experiment lacks. Fresh approach about the topic "Gen-AI" using human emotion, and detailed research data was intriguing. Happy birthday~ Replika analysis was a very good source for understanding the topic. -Good theories, but the experiment objectives seem too broad. The comparison of emotional support between a human relationship and an AI relationship was refreshing, and I think it would be more constructive to have an objective measure of emotional support. "I wonder if the 'perfect' attitude of GenAI chatbot beneficial to human or not, and whether chatbots should be developed to sound less perfect in order to be more like human.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!" I worked hard hahahaha :DD Very informative, funny review! Great topic! Experiments with replika was interesting! Interesting investigation on the human-AI interaction, especially the example of chatbot Happy Birthday! Happy birthday! Your presentation was good and I like the review you mentioned from the app, I think it really helped prove your point. It reminds me of how people acted about Bing AI initially. if more time, presentation will be better! Happy birthday! You're the bestttt It's interesting to see how the concepts in psychology can be combined with generative AI! I'm looking forward to her final report. "I like the idea that AI can be a good companion by always agreeing with the user.

It would be good to expand further on both positive and negative implications of AI companions!" It was good to present the literatures that we've learned Good exploration, but it would be better to research "why" or "what will be" more critically. "Developing from the literatures covered in class - it was very easy to follow and understand.

It is very interesting that you didnt just made experiment using replica but did a research through its review. Great approach!

Happy birthday!!!" Maybe one of the best question today. Whether AI can be an emotional companion means more than what is written. It urges us to answer what is emotion and what we want from other people in a relationship. I wish you keep up with this and end up with a rather optimistic view.

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What I did right:

1. A fresh approach on AI + Detailed & Intriguing research (2)

2. Replika analysis was very good

3. Very informative + fun review

4. Interesting investigation of human-AI interaction, esp chatbot example

5. Replika store review was a good approach

6. Interesting to see psychology concepts applied to GenAI + Looking forward to final report

7. Liked the idea of how AI can be good companion by always agreeing with user + maybe good to expand on the positive and negative implications of AI companions.

8. Literature covered in class usage was well done

9. Good exploration

10. Interesting analysis of research on Replika

11. Developing idea from Lit. covered in class was a good approach -> made it easy to follow and understand.

12. One of the best question today ( THANK YOUU OMGGGGG)

What I could have done better:

1. Experiment lacks

2. Experiment objective seems broad (2)

3. An objective measure of emotional support

4. Wish you keep up with this and end with an optimistic view

5. Could be better to research 'why' or 'what will be' more critically

Interesting thoughts:

1. Is the 'perfect' GenAI Chatbot beneficial to humans or not

2. Whether chatbots should be developed to sound less perfect to be more like human

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Wish you would keep this up and end with a more optimistic answer

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Wish you would keep this up and end with a more optimistic answer

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While my main approach to my research question was to act as a whistleblower to the potential consequences of the widespread use of AI on human-human relationships, through the span of my research I have also learned that there are positive points in having human-AI relationships. Though it is weird to think so, we might be able to learn to be more empathetic from machines which we expect to possess no emotions. You are absolutely right. Focusing on just the negative aspects will make my research truly feel incomplete. Thank you for pointing this out! I will surely edit my conclusion to be more encompassing of both the positive and the negative sides!

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An objective measure of emotional support

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An objective measure of emotional support

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Measuring emotion in research studies is a very complex topic as emotions themselves are a very subjective experience. You raise a very important question regarding my research. My reasearch on the experienced support based on AI chabots was an analysis of the research titled Emotional Support from AI Chatbots: Should a Supportive Partner Self-Disclose or Not? conducted by Jingbo Meng, Yue (Nancy) Dai. The researchers themselves note at the end of their paper the problem of perceived emotional support in humans against actual emotional support as one of their major limitations of their study. The paper, however, has 67 citations. Moreover, for all intents are purposes of my research question, even if the measures of emotional support were not 100% accurate that we cannot prove support from AI had an increased impact compared to human support, it is possible to conclude that AI support did have a significant impact on humans on a similar scale

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Love Language Theory on Angela and Gilbert

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Love Language Theory on Angela and Gilbert

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This notion aligns with the concept of love languages, where Angela's preference for quality time contrasts with Gilbert's expression of love. Studies on love languages highlight that differing preferences can sow discord in relationships, fostering misunderstanding.

Modern couple therapy delves into decoding these love languages, aiming to bridge the gap and foster mutual comprehension. These stories pose a subtle question: human connections thrive on understanding and mutual empathy, transcending genetic similarities. The key lies in someone caring enough to perceive your perspective.

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Can create characters that have their own memories can can grow and experience life with you and create new memories.

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Later at a seminar at KAIST with Dr. Hyung Won Chung from the OpenAI ChatGPT team, I also had the unique opportunity to ask him a question about the potential of chatGPT in replacing human-human relationships in the future. He replied it was a worrying question as from a technological perspective, it’s a possible future, but he hoped that humans would retain an understanding that these conversational agents are bots and would seek more fulfilling relationships outside of them.