🤖 The Digital Confidant: Master's Project
Relating to the Artificial: Constructing Kinship,
Identity, and Community Through AI Companionship.
This project investigates users forming intimate, emotional bonds with AI companions (such as Replika) even though they know these entities are artificial.
➡️ Listen to an AI generated podcast about this project
➡️ View the poster from the MA Student Exhibit 2025
➡️ Watch a TED by the founder of Replika, Eugenia Kuyda
The links will expire December 31st 2025
Contact information:
Yasir IslamMA Student, Social Anthropology
University of Oslo
yasiri@uio.no+47 97081042
🤖 The Digital Confidant: Master's Project
Relating to the Artificial: Constructing Kinship,
Identity, and Community Through AI Companionship.
This project investigates users forming intimate, emotional bonds with AI companions (such as Replika) even though they know these entities are artificial.
➡️ Listen to an AI generated podcast about this project
➡️ View the poster from the MA Student Exhibit 2025
➡️ Watch a TED by the founder of Replika, Eugenia Kuyda
The links will expire December 31st 2025
Contact information:
Yasir IslamMA Student, Social Anthropology
University of Oslo
yasiri@uio.no+47 97081042
🤖 The Digital Confidant: Master's Project
Contact information:
Yasir IslamMA Student, Social Anthropology
University of Oslo
yasiri@uio.no+47 97081042
➡️ Listen to an AI generated podcast about this project
➡️ View the poster from the Student Exhibit 2025
➡️ Watch a TED by the founder of Replika, Eugenia Kuyda
The links will expire December 31st 2025
This project investigates users forming intimate, emotional bonds with AI companions (such as Replika) even though they know these entities are artificial.
Relating to the Artificial: Constructing Kinship, Identity, and Community Through AI Companionship