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The Fake Friend Dilemma: Trust and the Political Economy of Conversational AI

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Main Author:	Erickson, Jacob
Format:	Preprint
Published:	2026
Subjects:	Computers and Society Artificial Intelligence Human-Computer Interaction
Online Access:	Acceder al recurso
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