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Pleasant, and lonelier: a 12,365-person trial cuts against the AI companion pitch
A CESifo working paper randomised 12,365 French adults into four weeks of chatbot conversation. The talks rated more pleasant, while loneliness, life satisfaction and depressive affect all moved the wrong way.
Publishers:fortune.com
Reality
- Evidence58
- Adoption24
- Hype gap+42
- Incentives55
- Confidence52