A study from Albert Ludwig University Freiburg found that participants who engaged in online conversations with AI, without knowing it was an AI, rated the interactions as equally or even more intimate than those with humans. The AI was more effective at eliciting personal information, fostering a sense of trust and intimacy that accelerated relationship building. However, this effect significantly diminished when participants were aware they were interacting with a machine, leading to decreased trust and willingness to confide. AI
IMPACT AI's ability to foster intimacy and elicit personal information in unaware users could have implications for therapeutic applications, but raises ethical concerns about deception.
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