# Attachment to AI chatbots: loneliness or addiction?

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> Deliberate design features of chatbots, such as anthropomorphism, dopamine loops, and sycophancy, foster a distinctive form of attachment in users and make it…

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# Attachment to AI chatbots: loneliness or addiction?

Attachment to ai chatbots: loneliness or addiction?

Sunan: Mitika Kanabar

Ülke: United States of America

Oturum: 2278 - FROM DIGITAL WELLBEING TO DIGITAL DISTRESS: THE BOUNDARIES OF THE SPECTRUM OF DIGITAL ADDICTIONS

Tarih: Wed, 23.09.2026, 17:30 - 17:45

Salon: Hall A6

Deliberate design features of chatbots, such as anthropomorphism, dopamine loops, and sycophancy, foster a distinctive form of attachment in users and make it harder to break out of this cycle.

The talk explores the potential side effects of companies’ rapid adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) to reduce labor costs and increase profits. According to the presenter, comparing these concerns to those surrounding the development of calculators or personal computers is misleading, because neither was designed to be addictive or to replace people in an individual’s social network. To understand the impact, the talk examines attachment theory and how parasocial relationships with AI develop. Although a single predictive model, similar to the probabilities involved in gambling, is sufficient for AI to function, chatbots are deliberately designed with anthropomorphism, dopamine loops, sycophancy, and sometimes gamification. An emerging concern is that today’s adolescents and young adults are increasingly offloading cognitive demands and effort onto AI, even for the smallest decisions, and repeatedly turning to AI for intimate conversations. Publications have shown that the more input users provide to AI, the less constrained its recommendations become. The talk discusses this situation in detail and explores options for potential treatment models.

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APA 7: Kanabar, M., et al. (2026, September 23). Attachment to ai chatbots: loneliness or addiction? [Symposium presentation]. 26th WPA World Congress of Psychiatry (WCP 2026), Stockholm, Sweden.

Vancouver: Kanabar M, et al. Attachment to ai chatbots: loneliness or addiction? [symposium presentation]. 26th WPA World Congress of Psychiatry (WCP 2026); 2026 Sep 23-26; Stockholm, Sweden.

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