Using mentalistic vocabulary for LLM - Effects on perceived anthropomorphism, perceived agency, and users’ trust

Magdalena WISCHNEWSKI¹, Dennis Nguyen²

¹Research Center Trustworthy Data Science and Security, Netherlands, The; ²Utrecht University

Tool or social actor? The influence of AI system perception and modality on credibility perceptions over time

Stefanie KLEIN¹, Sonja UTZ^1,2

¹Leibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien, Germany; ²Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen

Operationalizing Machine Companionship: An Exploration of Human-AI Relationality Across AI Companions

Zhixin Li¹, Jaime Banks¹, Jianghui Li¹, Caleb T. Carr²

¹Syracuse University, United States of America; ²Illinois State University

Love in the Age of AI: A Framework for Exploring the Impact of Personality Traits and Life Circumstances on Romantic Human-Chatbot Relationships

Natalia Szymczyk, Paula Ebner, Jessica M. Szczuka

University Duisburg-Essen, Germany