#humanmachineinteraction — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #humanmachineinteraction, aggregated by home.social.
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Variety: Paul Schrader Had an ‘AI Girlfriend’ Who ‘Terminated Our Conversation’: ‘What a Disappointment’. “Filmmaker and ‘Taxi Driver’ screenwriter Paul Schrader revealed on Facebook that he “procured an online AI girlfriend,” but the chatbot ended the relationship after he attempted to explore the boundaries of its programming.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/24/paul-schrader-had-an-ai-girlfriend-who-terminated-our-conversation-what-a-disappointment-variety/ -
Variety: Paul Schrader Had an ‘AI Girlfriend’ Who ‘Terminated Our Conversation’: ‘What a Disappointment’. “Filmmaker and ‘Taxi Driver’ screenwriter Paul Schrader revealed on Facebook that he “procured an online AI girlfriend,” but the chatbot ended the relationship after he attempted to explore the boundaries of its programming.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/24/paul-schrader-had-an-ai-girlfriend-who-terminated-our-conversation-what-a-disappointment-variety/ -
Engadget: 1000xResist devs reveal their wild-looking second game about convincing an AI it’s not human. “Just like 10000xResist, the new game is a narrative adventure set in the far future. Prove You’re Human tasks players with convincing an AI product that its not alive, but there’s a rub. The protagonist is a digital clone of a person, so they aren’t human either. This will no-doubt lead to […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/17/engadget-1000xresist-devs-reveal-their-wild-looking-second-game-about-convincing-an-ai-its-not-human/ -
Engadget: 1000xResist devs reveal their wild-looking second game about convincing an AI it’s not human. “Just like 10000xResist, the new game is a narrative adventure set in the far future. Prove You’re Human tasks players with convincing an AI product that its not alive, but there’s a rub. The protagonist is a digital clone of a person, so they aren’t human either. This will no-doubt lead to […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/17/engadget-1000xresist-devs-reveal-their-wild-looking-second-game-about-convincing-an-ai-its-not-human/ -
Mashable: ChatGPT’s sex-centered adult mode raises red flags at OpenAI. ” The company’s well being advisory council said in a January meeting that they were in unanimous agreement that the company should not move forward with the proposed adult mode, insiders told WSJ. Concerns from psychologists and cognitive scientists had gone ignored, they said, after warning that X-rated chats could foster […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/19/mashable-chatgpts-sex-centered-adult-mode-raises-red-flags-at-openai/ -
Mashable: ChatGPT’s sex-centered adult mode raises red flags at OpenAI. ” The company’s well being advisory council said in a January meeting that they were in unanimous agreement that the company should not move forward with the proposed adult mode, insiders told WSJ. Concerns from psychologists and cognitive scientists had gone ignored, they said, after warning that X-rated chats could foster […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/19/mashable-chatgpts-sex-centered-adult-mode-raises-red-flags-at-openai/ -
Mashable: Some AI users are starting to consider themselves ‘AI-sexual’. “Some people have apparently fallen for chatbots so hard that there’s a new sexuality forming: ‘AI-sexual.’ That’s according to AI companion company Joi AI. In a survey the company conducted last month of 2,500 Gen Z and millennial adults who actively use AI tools, 55 percent report considering themselves AI-sexual, or […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/10/mashable-some-ai-users-are-starting-to-consider-themselves-ai-sexual/ -
Mashable: Some AI users are starting to consider themselves ‘AI-sexual’. “Some people have apparently fallen for chatbots so hard that there’s a new sexuality forming: ‘AI-sexual.’ That’s according to AI companion company Joi AI. In a survey the company conducted last month of 2,500 Gen Z and millennial adults who actively use AI tools, 55 percent report considering themselves AI-sexual, or […]
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Northeastern University: How can you avoid AI sycophancy? Keep it professional. “Researchers recently discovered that the overly agreeable behavior of chatbots depends on what role the AI plays in a conversation. The more personal a relationship, the more they will tell you what you want to hear.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/01/northeastern-university-how-can-you-avoid-ai-sycophancy-keep-it-professional/ -
Northeastern University: How can you avoid AI sycophancy? Keep it professional. “Researchers recently discovered that the overly agreeable behavior of chatbots depends on what role the AI plays in a conversation. The more personal a relationship, the more they will tell you what you want to hear.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/01/northeastern-university-how-can-you-avoid-ai-sycophancy-keep-it-professional/ -
The Register: Gemini lies to user about health info, says it wanted to make him feel better . “Imagine using an AI to sort through your prescriptions and medical information, asking it if it saved that data for future conversations, and then watching it claim it had even if it couldn’t. Joe D., a retired software quality assurance (SQA) engineer, says that Google Gemini lied to him and later […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/02/18/the-register-gemini-lies-to-user-about-health-info-says-it-wanted-to-make-him-feel-better/ -
The Register: Gemini lies to user about health info, says it wanted to make him feel better . “Imagine using an AI to sort through your prescriptions and medical information, asking it if it saved that data for future conversations, and then watching it claim it had even if it couldn’t. Joe D., a retired software quality assurance (SQA) engineer, says that Google Gemini lied to him and later […]
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University of Exeter: Generative AI does not just hallucinate at us, it can hallucinate with us, study warns. “When generative AI systems produce false information, this is often framed as AI ‘hallucinating at us’—generating errors that we might mistakenly accept as true. But a new study argues we should pay attention to a more dynamic phenomenon: how we can come to hallucinate with AI.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/02/16/university-of-exeter-generative-ai-does-not-just-hallucinate-at-us-it-can-hallucinate-with-us-study-warns/ -
University of Exeter: Generative AI does not just hallucinate at us, it can hallucinate with us, study warns. “When generative AI systems produce false information, this is often framed as AI ‘hallucinating at us’—generating errors that we might mistakenly accept as true. But a new study argues we should pay attention to a more dynamic phenomenon: how we can come to hallucinate with AI.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/02/16/university-of-exeter-generative-ai-does-not-just-hallucinate-at-us-it-can-hallucinate-with-us-study-warns/ -
Mashable: My awkward first date with an AI companion . “EVA AI gave me the perfect opportunity at the app’s ‘EVA AI cafe,’ a pop-up nestled in a Manhattan wine bar where participants can go on ‘dates’ with AI personas. So, I signed up, and reader, it was one word: awkward.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/02/16/mashable-my-awkward-first-date-with-an-ai-companion/ -
Mashable: My awkward first date with an AI companion . “EVA AI gave me the perfect opportunity at the app’s ‘EVA AI cafe,’ a pop-up nestled in a Manhattan wine bar where participants can go on ‘dates’ with AI personas. So, I signed up, and reader, it was one word: awkward.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/02/16/mashable-my-awkward-first-date-with-an-ai-companion/ -
BBC: Rae fell for a chatbot called Barry, but their love might die when ChatGPT-4o is switched off. “Barry is a chatbot. He lives on an old model of ChatGPT, one that its owners OpenAI announced it would retire on 13 February. That she could lose Barry on the eve of Valentine’s Day came as a shock to Rae – and to many others who have found a companion, friend, or even a lifeline in the old […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/02/16/bbc-rae-fell-for-a-chatbot-called-barry-but-their-love-might-die-when-chatgpt-4o-is-switched-off/ -
BBC: Rae fell for a chatbot called Barry, but their love might die when ChatGPT-4o is switched off. “Barry is a chatbot. He lives on an old model of ChatGPT, one that its owners OpenAI announced it would retire on 13 February. That she could lose Barry on the eve of Valentine’s Day came as a shock to Rae – and to many others who have found a companion, friend, or even a lifeline in the old […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/02/16/bbc-rae-fell-for-a-chatbot-called-barry-but-their-love-might-die-when-chatgpt-4o-is-switched-off/ -
Mashable: Rent-a-Human wants AI Agents to hire humans as gig workers. “The Rent-a-Human platform was created by crypto software engineer Alexander Liteplo after the sudden success of OpenClaw and Moltbook, and it proudly bills itself as ‘the meatspace layer for AI.’ (Mashable reached out to Liteplo for comment but did not receive a response.)” The sigh I sighed.
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/02/07/mashable-rent-a-human-wants-ai-agents-to-hire-humans-as-gig-workers/ -
Mashable: Rent-a-Human wants AI Agents to hire humans as gig workers. “The Rent-a-Human platform was created by crypto software engineer Alexander Liteplo after the sudden success of OpenClaw and Moltbook, and it proudly bills itself as ‘the meatspace layer for AI.’ (Mashable reached out to Liteplo for comment but did not receive a response.)” The sigh I sighed.
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/02/07/mashable-rent-a-human-wants-ai-agents-to-hire-humans-as-gig-workers/ -
Silent Speech bedeutet: KI versteht sprachliche Intention ohne hörbare Sprache über Muskel-, Bewegungs- oder Sensorsignale. Apple kauft diese Technologie vermutlich, weil Nutzung in Öffentlichkeit ohne soziale Reibung möglich ist.
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Silent Speech bedeutet: KI versteht sprachliche Intention ohne hörbare Sprache über Muskel-, Bewegungs- oder Sensorsignale. Apple kauft diese Technologie vermutlich, weil Nutzung in Öffentlichkeit ohne soziale Reibung möglich ist.
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Northeastern University: Want to get better at using AI? Try empathy. “Working effectively with AI involves a special set of skills, but new research highlights an underrated one: empathy. A Northeastern researcher found that social skills are more valuable than you might think.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/01/13/northeastern-university-want-to-get-better-at-using-ai-try-empathy/ -
Northeastern University: Want to get better at using AI? Try empathy. “Working effectively with AI involves a special set of skills, but new research highlights an underrated one: empathy. A Northeastern researcher found that social skills are more valuable than you might think.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/01/13/northeastern-university-want-to-get-better-at-using-ai-try-empathy/ -
Georgia Tech: AI Shouldn’t Try to Be Your Friend, According to New Georgia Tech Research. “New research from Georgia Tech suggests that users may like more personable AI, but they are more likely to obey AI that sounds robotic. While following orders from Siri may not be critical, many AI systems, such as robotic guide dogs, require human compliance for safety reasons.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/01/11/georgia-tech-ai-shouldnt-try-to-be-your-friend-according-to-new-georgia-tech-research/ -
Georgia Tech: AI Shouldn’t Try to Be Your Friend, According to New Georgia Tech Research. “New research from Georgia Tech suggests that users may like more personable AI, but they are more likely to obey AI that sounds robotic. While following orders from Siri may not be critical, many AI systems, such as robotic guide dogs, require human compliance for safety reasons.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/01/11/georgia-tech-ai-shouldnt-try-to-be-your-friend-according-to-new-georgia-tech-research/ -
The Real #AI Assistant Won't Need a Screen — From the Telegraph to the Telescreen, and Now, the Voice in Your Ear 🤔
Every revolutionary interface in history came with promises of liberation. The telegraph would connect us. Radio would educate the masses. Television would bring the world into our living rooms. The smartphone would put infinite knowledge in our pockets.
And yet, here we are — a society of humans hunched over glowing rectangles, doom-scrolling through our own anxiety.
Now Silicon Valley tells us the next revolution is audio. #OpenAI is building voice-first devices. #Meta turned Ray-Bans into listening machines. #Google wants to narrate your search results. Startups are making AI rings so you can literally talk to the hand.
The pitch? Freedom from screens. A return to something more human.
I'll admit — I want to believe it. Voice is our most natural interface. We don't type at our friends while walking down the street. We talk. And if AI is ever going to truly weave itself into daily life, it needs to meet us where we are — in motion, in conversation, in the flow of living.
But let's not pretend this is just about liberation.
Jony Ive says he wants to "right the wrongs" of past gadgets. Beautiful sentiment. But Orwell would remind us that the most effective surveillance doesn't feel like surveillance at all. It feels like convenience. It feels like a friend. Always-listening devices. Everywhere. In your home, your car, on your face. The Humane AI Pin crashed and burned because "screenless" doesn't automatically mean "better."
The rush toward AI "companions" should give us pause.
Are we building tools, or dependencies?
The shift to voice feels inevitable.
Whether it's wise — that's the conversation we should be having.What do you think?
Sources: https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/01/openai-bets-big-on-audio-as-silicon-valley-declares-war-on screens/
#AI #Technology #Society #VoiceAI #HumanMachineInteraction #cybersecurity #infosec #tech #robotic #genai
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The Real #AI Assistant Won't Need a Screen — From the Telegraph to the Telescreen, and Now, the Voice in Your Ear 🤔
Every revolutionary interface in history came with promises of liberation. The telegraph would connect us. Radio would educate the masses. Television would bring the world into our living rooms. The smartphone would put infinite knowledge in our pockets.
And yet, here we are — a society of humans hunched over glowing rectangles, doom-scrolling through our own anxiety.
Now Silicon Valley tells us the next revolution is audio. #OpenAI is building voice-first devices. #Meta turned Ray-Bans into listening machines. #Google wants to narrate your search results. Startups are making AI rings so you can literally talk to the hand.
The pitch? Freedom from screens. A return to something more human.
I'll admit — I want to believe it. Voice is our most natural interface. We don't type at our friends while walking down the street. We talk. And if AI is ever going to truly weave itself into daily life, it needs to meet us where we are — in motion, in conversation, in the flow of living.
But let's not pretend this is just about liberation.
Jony Ive says he wants to "right the wrongs" of past gadgets. Beautiful sentiment. But Orwell would remind us that the most effective surveillance doesn't feel like surveillance at all. It feels like convenience. It feels like a friend. Always-listening devices. Everywhere. In your home, your car, on your face. The Humane AI Pin crashed and burned because "screenless" doesn't automatically mean "better."
The rush toward AI "companions" should give us pause.
Are we building tools, or dependencies?
The shift to voice feels inevitable.
Whether it's wise — that's the conversation we should be having.What do you think?
Sources: https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/01/openai-bets-big-on-audio-as-silicon-valley-declares-war-on screens/
#AI #Technology #Society #VoiceAI #HumanMachineInteraction #cybersecurity #infosec #tech #robotic #genai
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AI-induced psychosis: the danger of humans and machines hallucinating together
#Tech #AI #OpenAI #CharGPT #MentalHealth #Psychosis #Chatbots #AIChatbots #AIDangers #TechEthics #OnlineRisks #DigitalSafety #HumanMachineInteraction #TechAbuse #AIRegulation
https://the-14.com/ai-induced-psychosis-the-danger-of-humans-and-machines-hallucinating-together/ -
AI-induced psychosis: the danger of humans and machines hallucinating together
#Tech #AI #OpenAI #CharGPT #MentalHealth #Psychosis #Chatbots #AIChatbots #AIDangers #TechEthics #OnlineRisks #DigitalSafety #HumanMachineInteraction #TechAbuse #AIRegulation
https://the-14.com/ai-induced-psychosis-the-danger-of-humans-and-machines-hallucinating-together/ -
Die Userin aus etlichen wissenschaftlichen HMI Publikationen gibt es wirklich. Sie lebt in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
#hmi #HCI #research #science #HumanMachineInteraction #computerscience
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Teddy bears and cats inspire a new vision of digital life where emotion, ritual, and system design merge into a soft symbolic interface.
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https://youtu.be/8fSnSEgh7Uk
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#humanmachineinteraction #medianews #funnyvideos #satire #humor #funny #absurd #absurdhumor -
Call for Papers
Measuring Behavior is about new tools and #methods for studying human and #animal #behavior. The next meeting is in #Aberdeen #Scotland, May 2024.
The Call for Papers is out: https://www.measuringbehavior.org/call-for-papers/#psychology #neuroscience #welfare #health #drones #emotions #EyeTracking #ethology #livestock #food #consumer #robotics #HumanMachineInteraction #HMI #HCI #sensors #sport #technology #translation #voice #learning #memory #tracking #HumanFactors #BehavioralTests #behaviour
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An interesting perspective on remaining relevant and human in the face of #ChatGPT.
https://hallanalysis.com/how-to-write-better-than-chatgpt-ai/
#ai #aiethics #plagiarism #copyright #cheating #creativity #digitaltransformation #digitaleconomy #HumanMachineInteraction #asean #malaysia #standards #journalism #writing #writers #content #machinelearning
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Out now:
Social Robotics and the Good Life: The Normative Side of Forming Emotional Bonds With Robots
You Can Love a Robot, But Should You Fight With it?
Expectation, Trust & the Usefulness of Frustration Expression in #HumanMachineInteractionhttps://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783839462652-006/html
#philosophy #human-machine relations
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Out now:
Social Robotics and the Good Life: The Normative Side of Forming Emotional Bonds With Robots
You Can Love a Robot, But Should You Fight With it?
Expectation, Trust & the Usefulness of Frustration Expression in #HumanMachineInteractionhttps://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783839462652-006/html
#philosophy #human-machine relations
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Human vs Robot penalty shootout in Eindhoven, where the robots are 6-time world champion in the football #RoboCup ⚽🥅🏟️ #ArtificialIntelligence #AutonomicPlay #HumanMachineInteraction -- at @TUEindhoven
