The HMC research group of the Netherlands and Flanders (NeFCA Human-Machine Communication) is organizing a one-day summer workshop on synthetic relationships. Are you interested? Here is the form to let us know if you would like to join: https://lnkd.in/e8wBZZ_y

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We are organizing a one-day summer workshop on synthetic relationships on the 27th of August, in Nijmegen. Synthetic relationships are defined as continuing interactions between humans and AI tools in which AI influences humans' thoughts, emotions, or behaviors.

The workshop is designed to be interactive and consists of two parts:

Part 1 — Presentations and speakers across five themes
- AI as a tool (e.g., writing assistants, search engines)
- Agents in the home (e.g., smart speakers, wearables, and smart appliances)
- Mental well-being and chatbots
- Emotional attachment to artificial partners
- Embodied AI (e.g., robots and virtual agents)

Part 2 — Discussion & Brainstorming on the future of human-AI interaction
We want to have a round-table discussion and hear participants' thoughts on
- How will society be impacted by synthetic relationships in 5-10 years? 
- Which theories will remain relevant to this topic? 
- For which aspects of synthetic relationships do we need new theories?
 
This workshop is open to all researchers working on and interested in this topic and similar topics. 
 
We would like to make an inventory of how many people are interested in this topic (not necessarily if you can attend). Please fill in this form as soon as possible (ideally before 27th of May) to let us know your thoughts on this workshop: https://lnkd.in/e8wBZZ_y

Official registration will be sent soon.
We are already looking forward to this workshop and seeing you there!