A Study of the Impact of Emotional Surrogates Provided by Companion AI on Real-Life Social Initiative of Active Users

Dingjing Lu

2025

Abstract

With the rapid development of artificial intelligence technology, AI technology has gradually penetrated people's daily lives. Companion AI products, such as Replika and Character AI, offer users emotional support and companionship by mimicking natural language communication and establishing a simulated emotional connection with users through dialogues and other forms. User groups that frequently use the product and have a high level of interaction with it within a certain period usually reflect a higher demand for AI companion products and may become dependent on AI companion products in terms of emotion, social interaction, or entertainment, which in turn affects the willingness and behavioral ability of such users to initiate, participate in, or maintain interpersonal interactions in social interactions. This study uses questionnaires and data collection methods to analyze the impact of the emotional surrogate provided by companion AI on the real-world social initiative of active users. It is found that users’ relationships with AI companion intelligent agents will impact their social initiative, and AI companion products will indirectly stimulate some users’ social activity on social media platforms.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Lu D. (2025). A Study of the Impact of Emotional Surrogates Provided by Companion AI on Real-Life Social Initiative of Active Users. In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Applied Psychology and Marketing Management - Volume 1: APMM; ISBN 978-989-758-791-7, SciTePress, pages 488-493. DOI: 10.5220/0014136900004942

in Bibtex Style

@conference{apmm25,
author={Dingjing Lu},
title={A Study of the Impact of Emotional Surrogates Provided by Companion AI on Real-Life Social Initiative of Active Users},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Applied Psychology and Marketing Management - Volume 1: APMM},
year={2025},
pages={488-493},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0014136900004942},
isbn={978-989-758-791-7},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Applied Psychology and Marketing Management - Volume 1: APMM
TI - A Study of the Impact of Emotional Surrogates Provided by Companion AI on Real-Life Social Initiative of Active Users
SN - 978-989-758-791-7
AU - Lu D.
PY - 2025
SP - 488
EP - 493
DO - 10.5220/0014136900004942
PB - SciTePress