Conference
Open access
2026
Falling in Love with Algorithms: AI Chatbots and the Transformation of Parasocial Relationships Among Youth
The study found that although most participants realized that AI Chatbots did not have human emotions at the cognitive level and only relied on Algorithms and databases to answer, they often still experienced a real sense of mutual intimacy.
Meng Xu
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