The secret tricks AI companions use to keep you coming back

AI companions are designed to make you use them

We came across a fascinating blog post by Dr. Julie Carpenter, who is an expert on human attachment to technology, titled “If not friend, why friend shaped?” which looks at the way AI companions are designed to make you use them. It’s incredibly thought provoking and outlines the many techniques that AI systems use to get humans to feel connected to their AI companions and to feel emotionally invested in them. Give her article a read here.

If you want to check out the review video we made looking at this topic, you can watch it below: