Nov 25, 2025 at 7:00 AM EST
Dangers, Solution of Relying on AI Chatbots for Mental Health, Parasocial
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Cambridge dictionary has crowned parasocial as word of the year for 2025. It is defined as, involving or relating to a connection that someone feels between themselves and a famous person they do not know, a character in a book, film, TV series, etc., or an artificial intelligence
I like to divide these interactions into two categories. One is using them for mental health support; the second is for a full-fledged romantic relationship...
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