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SUMMARY:AHA Seminar: Yutong Zhang | When AI Becomes a Companion: Understan
 ding Their Relationship with Psychological Well-Being
DESCRIPTION:People are forming companionship-like bonds with AI chatbots. 
 Over time\, those bonds may come at the expense of in-person relationship
 s\, and of our psychological well-being.\n\nYutong Zhang\, PhD student in
  Computer Science at Stanford University\, studies how socio-technical sy
 stems shape human social interactions. In our next AHA seminar\, she shar
 es findings from surveys and real conversation histories of over 1\,000 C
 haracter.AI users\, showing that the link between AI companionship and we
 ll-being depends on people’s offline social lives and how they use chatbo
 ts.\n\nA year later\, her team found that users who engaged more kept eng
 aging\, and that this sustained use was linked to declines in well-being\
 , largely explained by spending less time with people in person.\n\nShe’l
 l also discuss how AI companionship may reshape our social networks\, and
  how we can design more responsible chatbots that support healthy social 
 connection. We hope you join us for an intriguing seminar and engaging Q&
 A!\n\nhttp://next-to-u.app/events/c35f3dfa-f3e1-4d14-a83e-db2b4a43bc4d
URL:http://next-to-u.app/events/c35f3dfa-f3e1-4d14-a83e-db2b4a43bc4d
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