Emotional Attachment and Its Relationship to Artificial Intelligence

Abstract

Human to human has now seemed to be more fitting to VInteraction with the also-rapidly assembled artificial intelligence (AI) systems. The most common, or most common, most dominant type of emotionally communicating with AI is anthropomorphic interaction in which individuals assign non-human objects human features. The matter of how the attachment theory is ethically applied with regards to human-AI attachments is linked to quite a few debilitating ethical, social and mental issues. The given narrative review is dedicated to the information about the opportunity to form such emotional bond with AI with references to certain factors related to people and the role of anthropomorphism and psycho-processes operating in it and influencing a larger range. The sources were searched in PubMed, PsycINFO, Science Direct and Google scholar (published after 2018) which contain attached styles, anthropomorphism, alleviating loneliness and user anthropomorphic emotional attachment. The results suggest that anthropomorphism of design, intimacy to dialogue and everyday connection, is what creates emotional connection to AI. Since these attachments can bring beneficial effects to the isolated individuals and have the potential to provide them emotional comfort during times of weakness, potential harm will be mental addiction, dehumanization of AI, and the likelihood of becoming emotionally traumatized due to death or deactivation of an AI. The affiliations are exaggerated and do not have the same understanding, according to the variables, which are insecure attachment and culture. The emotional bond to AI can be considered as two-sided, on the one hand, it helps to eliminate a certain portion of the stress, and, on the other hand, it opens the opportunity to find the companion in our everyday world, which poses a risk to the life of human relationships and sensation, on the one hand. These implications are significant enough to insist that AI needs to be used responsibly, a user should be educated about the approaches to follow when using the technology, and it requires a longitudinal research study to comprehend the psychological impact in the long-term perspective to inform the evolution of morality.Critical terms: Artificial intelligence, Emotional attachment, Anthropomorphism, Human AI.