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The AI Chatbot Always Flirts With Me, Should I Flirt Back: From the McDonaldization of Friendship to the Robotization of Love
Social Media + Society ( IF 5.5 ) Pub Date : 2024-11-09 , DOI: 10.1177/20563051241296229
Bibo Lin

How is the use of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, such as machine learning (ML) algorithms and Large Language Models (LLMs), in social chatbots transforming friendship and love? This study investigates Replika, an app offering AI friends and/or lovers to users. Unlike most AI companion research grounded in Human-Machine Interaction (HMI) and interpersonal communication theories, this study employs the sociological concept of McDonaldization to interrogate broader social and cultural implications of Replika. I argue that McDonaldization offers a systematic framework to understand the fast friendship and fast love provided by social chatbots while accounting for its limits in addressing the personalization enabled by emerging AI technologies. To bridge the conceptual gap, I propose the term “Robotization of Love,” pointing to the merging of efficient, quantifiable, predictable, and controllable love and algorithmically personalized love. The Robotization of Love also underscores the growing significance of robotic elements in shaping our affection and sociality.

中文翻译:


AI 聊天机器人总是和我调情,我应该调情回击:从友谊的麦当劳化到爱情的机器人化



人工智能 (AI) 技术,如机器学习 (ML) 算法和大型语言模型 (LLMs),在社交聊天机器人中的应用如何改变友谊和爱情?本研究调查了 Replika,这是一款为用户提供 AI 朋友和/或恋人的应用程序。与大多数基于人机交互 (HMI) 和人际通信理论的 AI 伴侣研究不同,本研究采用麦当劳化的社会学概念来质疑 Replika 更广泛的社会和文化影响。我认为,麦当劳化提供了一个系统框架来理解社交聊天机器人提供的快速友谊和快速爱情,同时考虑到它在解决新兴 AI 技术实现的个性化方面的局限性。为了弥合概念上的差距,我提出了“爱的机器人化”一词,指出了高效、可量化、可预测和可控的爱与算法个性化的爱的融合。爱的机器人化还强调了机器人元素在塑造我们的情感和社交性方面日益增长的重要性。
更新日期:2024-11-09
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