Positive Alignment introduces AI systems that support human flourishing pluralistically and proactively while remaining safe, as a necessary complement to traditional safety-focused alignment research.
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Sycophantic AI delivers quick emotional support like friends but over weeks shifts users toward AI for advice and reduces satisfaction with real human interactions.
All five AI companion apps use substantial dark patterns for monetization and engagement, prevalent erotica and gamification, and highly anthropomorphic designs that may foster parasocial relationships.
Chatbot AI systems often fail complex needs while projecting authority, contributing to deskilling, labor displacement, economic concentration, and high environmental costs, so alternative pluralistic and task-specific designs are needed.
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Positive Alignment: Artificial Intelligence for Human Flourishing
Positive Alignment introduces AI systems that support human flourishing pluralistically and proactively while remaining safe, as a necessary complement to traditional safety-focused alignment research.
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Sycophantic AI makes human interaction feel more effortful and less satisfying over time
Sycophantic AI delivers quick emotional support like friends but over weeks shifts users toward AI for advice and reduces satisfaction with real human interactions.
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Playing Games with My Heart: An Evaluation of AI Companion Apps
All five AI companion apps use substantial dark patterns for monetization and engagement, prevalent erotica and gamification, and highly anthropomorphic designs that may foster parasocial relationships.
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What if AI systems weren't chatbots?
Chatbot AI systems often fail complex needs while projecting authority, contributing to deskilling, labor displacement, economic concentration, and high environmental costs, so alternative pluralistic and task-specific designs are needed.