Tech article
The way we talk to bots matters even if they aren’t conscious - Psyche
Publisher description: If more and more of our daily interactions are ungracious exchanges with machines, we should expect it to change us
NewsAPI | Sep 25, 2026 | HennyGe Wichers
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When people talk to chatbots, we often seem to strip basic courtesy out of the exchange. The researchers traced this to empathy: people felt less empathy towards a bot partner (less compassion, less curiosity about their point of view), and that didn’t immediately reset when a human partner took the bot’s place. Many millions of people are now regularly using chatbots and rehearsing it.
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