Students anthropomorphized the chatbot and built relationships with it through personal and social questions¶

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q2 i? Conversation analysis identified relationship-building and anthropomorphizing as a theme, with questions treating the chatbot as if it had human-like preferences. → Saniya Vahedian Movahed and Fred Martin 2025

Evidence¶

Saniya Vahedian Movahed and Fred Martin 2025¶

Saniya Vahedian Movahed and Fred Martin. (2025). Ask Me Anything: Exploring children's attitudes toward an age-tailored AI-powered chatbot. arXiv. https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.14217 doi:10.48550/arxiv.2502.14217

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Thematic analysis of student dialog transcripts identified three themes, including building relationships and anthropomorphizing: "Some interactions revealed students' tendencies to anthropomorphize the chatbot", e.g. asking its favorite shoe brand or shoe size; one student shared excitement when AMA named her favorite brand.

"Some interactions revealed students' tendencies to anthropomorphize the chatbot."

Discussion¶

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