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Generational Differences in Social Appraisals of AI Companion Use
2026-05-13
Abstract excerpt
<p>As artificial intelligence (AI) companion use grows worldwide, understanding who is most vulnerable to associated harms requires identifying the social-cognitive orientations users bring to AI companions. In a nationally representative survey of U.S. adults (N = 1,028), we found surprising generational differences in two theoretically distinct social appraisals of AI companion use: stigma toward users, and infi...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 89c2ab88-5ada-5272-83c6-84bcebb8cfe0
- DOI
- 10.31234/osf.io/e8ch3_v1
