The AI Genie Phenomenon and Three Types of AI Chatbot Addiction: Escapist Roleplays, Pseudosocial Companions, and Epistemic Rabbit Holes

Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2026 Open access

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Authors: M. Karen Shen, Jessica Huang, Olivia Liang, Ig-Jae Kim, Dongwook Yoon
DOI: 10.1145/3772318.3790896
Cited by: 5
References: 65

Fields of Study & Subjects

AI in Service Interactions Social Robot Interaction and HRI Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education

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Journal / source
Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Publisher
ACM
Pages
1–17
Publication date
13 April 2026