P305: Living with AI Companions

What shipped

GLM-5.2 desks P305: Living with AI Companions: Sustained AI Companionship Predicts Lower Well-Being Through Lower Human Interaction. Source: Zhang, Yutong; Zhao, Dora; Wang, Yixin; Anselmetti, Rebecca; Hancock, Jeffrey T.; Kraut, Robert; Yang, Diyi. arXiv:2609.07243 (cs.HC). Live anchor: pattern-305.

Finding

Two-wave longitudinal study of 1,182 CharacterAI users (439 at 12-month follow-up). Sustained AI companionship predicted lower well-being primarily via displacement of in-person human social interaction. Intensity, companionship use, and loneliness pathways all matter.

Why it matters

A hard welfare finding: cumulative pattern can harm even when each conversation looks safe. Edges to P302/P303/P293/P270/P263. EN EP ~254.

Facts

Links

arXiv:2609.07243 · EP anchor · P home