Theme of inquiry
How do AI chatbots shape user behavior and emotional responses?
A question within its area, explored through 2 lines of inquiry below — each a family of specific questions the research asks.
78 specific questions
- Should chatbots be designed as therapist support tools rather than replacements?
- Why do embodied agents outperform text chatbots in therapy outcomes?
- Do embodied agents outperform chatbots because of physical presence alone?
- Does personalization help or hurt persistent companion chatbots?
- Can personalization delay or prevent novelty decay in chatbot relationships?
- How does companionship use context predict risk of delusional reinforcement?
- What harms might chatbots cause through stigma expression and delusion reinforcement?
35 specific questions
- Why do people trust AI systems more as personalization increases?
- Can we measure appropriate trust levels in human-AI assistant relationships?
- What makes conversational AI feel trustworthy compared to text interfaces?
- How does personalization affect both user trust and privacy concerns simultaneously?
- Can trust in AI be formally parameterized and measured?
- Does expressing emotion change how users trust an AI system?
- Does personalization make users trust AI or increase privacy concerns?