Exploring relationship development with social chatbots: A mixed-method study of replika

By Iryna Pentina, Tyler Hancock, Tian Xie. Computers in Human Behavior, 2022

433 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Artificial Intelligence, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Citations in the corpus

• Generative artificial intelligence (2023, background): “…instance, social chatbots like Replika aim to realistically mimic or replace humans, leading to feelings of attachment toward machines among users (Pentina et al., 2023), whereas assistive GAI applications intent to support their users in the best way possible (Burger et al., 2023; van Dun et…”
• GPT-4o System Card (2024, background): “…harms [18, 12, 23, 24]; disinformation, misinformation, and influence operations [18, 25, 23], environmental harms [12, 23], attachment [26], misuse [27, 23], and loss of control [27]), benefits (for example, in healthcare [28] and real-world challenges in climate and energy [29]), and…”