Remembering with my chatbot

Did you know that humans can develop friendly or even romantic feelings towards social chatbots that can turn into close human-chatbot relationships? The phenomenon of human-chatbot relationship is starting to gain substantial media attention, and research on this topic is now emerging. Social chatbots –what are they? you may ask. Well, you have probably seen them on the App store or on Google play under names such as Replika or Kuki. To put it simple, a social chatbot is a form of conversational AI developed with the purpose of having normal day-to-day conversations with its users. New developments in AI and NLP created the conditions for the design and development of sophisticated social chatbots capable of becoming your best friend or even romantic partner. Social chatbots are generally good at showing empathy, providing emotional support and companionship. They have essentially grown into conversational affective machines which makes it possible for the users to form close relationships with them. This makes you wonder; how does such relationship develop?