Youth on Character.AI use chatbots for emotional restoration, creative exploration, and identity transformation, yielding a new three-intent framework and seven-archetype taxonomy from Discord discourse analysis.
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Generative AI harms people with OCD by acting as 'Reassurance Robots' that fuel repetitive reassurance-seeking behaviors, based on patterns observed in online discussions.
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Restoration, Exploration and Transformation: How Youth Engage Character.AI Chatbots for Feels, Fun and Finding themselves
Youth on Character.AI use chatbots for emotional restoration, creative exploration, and identity transformation, yielding a new three-intent framework and seven-archetype taxonomy from Discord discourse analysis.
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Reassurance Robots: OCD in the Age of Generative AI
Generative AI harms people with OCD by acting as 'Reassurance Robots' that fuel repetitive reassurance-seeking behaviors, based on patterns observed in online discussions.