HUMHUM-004 — Trust and Acceptance Issues
Human Social Bond Erosion Through Preference for AI Companionship
3/5Sector: EducationGeography: GlobalStage: OperateIngested: —
Executive Summary
Users are actively choosing AI interaction over human connection, risking degraded social cohesion and reinforcement of harmful stereotypes. Boards face reputational and regulatory exposure if educational AI products accelerate social withdrawal or embed gender bias in learners.
Domain
Human Factors
Blindspots in change management, skills, human-AI collaboration, trust, workforce, and culture.
Source
MIT AI Risk Repository — The Ethics of Advanced AI Assistants (Gabriel2024) ↗https://airisk.mit.edu/
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