Guingrich, r. e.

digital voice assistants

Call for a psychology subfield of human-AI interaction

Nov 13, 2023

human-AI interaction

AI, artificial intelligence, bias in ai, chatbots, conversational ai, digital voice assistants, gender bias in ai, social consequences

Artificial intelligence has advanced; but will psychology as a discipline follow suit? A quarter of a century ago, one of the first psychological theories about interactions with artificial, computerized agents was developed by Clifford Nass and colleagues [1,2]. Nass, Steuer, and Simioff (1994) coined the Computers As Social Actors paradigm, finding that people viewed computers…
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?…