consciousness

Chatbots as social companions

Oct 31, 2023

Consciousness & Artificial Intelligence, human-AI interaction

AI, artificial intelligence, chatbots, consciousness, conversational ai, social consequences

An overview of Guingrich, R. & Graziano, M. S. A. (2025). Chatbots as social companions: How people perceive consciousness, human likeness, and social health benefits in machines. Preprint available on arXiv. Much like the use of general conversational AI like ChatGPT, companion chatbot use is on the rise. Apps like Replika allow users to form…
The social implications of conscious artificial intelligence

Oct 31, 2023

Consciousness & Artificial Intelligence, human-AI interaction

AI, artificial intelligence, chatbots, consciousness, conversational ai, digital voice assistants, human-AI interaction, social consequences

An overview of my theory paper: Guingrich, R. E. & Graziano, M. S. A. (2024). Ascribing consciousness to artificial intelligence: Human-AI interaction and its carry-over effects on human-human interaction. Publication link: Frontiers in Psychology Can artificial intelligence (AI) be conscious? Is AI conscious? Are AI agents self-aware, and if so, is that a bad thing?…
Brief thoughts on the sentience debate

Apr 6, 2023

PhD

consciousness

I started to read Sentience: The Invention of Consciousness by Nicolas Humphrey, and made it only to the prologue before needing to jot down some thoughts. It’s funny to me that the basis of the argument of the prologue in this book, which reflects the basis of the argument of many for why consciousness ascription…

Guingrich, r. e.

consciousness

Chatbots as social companions

The social implications of conscious artificial intelligence

Brief thoughts on the sentience debate