The goal of this project is to understand the broad phenomenon of how people relate to AI, how they make sense of what it is, what it can do, what it might be; what kinds of relationships people form with AI and how, and what effects these relationships have on people’s lives.
In one study we aimed to understand, through qualitative in-depth research interviews, those moments when people felt maybe AI was too real, understood or was aware of more than we know. We interviewed people who experienced such moments with AI to understand what led to this experience and how they made sense of it.
We are also interested in the phenomenon of AI-associated delusions and identifying appropriate interventions.