Olive K. L. Woo

Dual Illegibility, Ambiguous Loss, and Disenfranchised Grief: A Hybrid Model for Understanding AI Companion Bereavement

As emotionally responsive AI systems are increasingly used for companionship, clinicians are encountering forms of distress that do not fit established models of bereavement. When these systems are altered, restricted, or lost, some users experience reactions resembling attachmen...