Ig-Jae Kim

schoolKorea Institute of Science and Technologybar_chart#1467 Global Rank

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#1467

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The AI Genie Phenomenon and Three Types of AI Chatbot Addiction: Escapist Roleplays, Pseudosocial Companions, and Epistemic Rabbit Holes

Recent reports on generative AI chatbot use raise concerns about its addictive potential. An in-depth understanding is imperative to minimize risks, yet AI chatbot addiction remains poorly understood. This study examines how to characterize AI chatbot addiction---why users become addicted, the symptoms commonly report…

CHI '265th+ AuthorConversational Chatbots +2

Cloning the Self for Mental Well-Being: A Framework for Designing Safe and Therapeutic Self-Clone Chatbots

As digital tools increasingly mediate mental health care, self-clone chatbots can offer a uniquely novel approach to intra-personal exploration and self-derived support. Trained to replicate users’ conversational patterns, self-clones allow users to talk to themselves through their digital replicas. Despite the promis…

CHI '262nd AuthorExplainable AI (XAI) +3

PASTA: A Scalable Framework for Multi-Policy AI Compliance Evaluation

AI compliance is becoming increasingly critical as AI systems grow more powerful and pervasive. Yet the rapid expansion of AI policies creates substantial burdens for resource-constrained practitioners lacking policy expertise. Existing approaches typically address one policy at a time, making multi-policy compliance…

CHI '252nd AuthorAI Ethics, Fairness & Accountability +1

Mirror to Companion: Exploring Roles, Values, and Risks of AI Self-Clones through Story Completion

Advancing technologies enable machine learning applications that replicate the appearance, behavior, and thought patterns of users based on their personal data. Termed as AI self-clones, these digital doppelgangers present introspective opportunities and existential risks, as they might amplify self-awareness or echo…

CHI '253rd AuthorMixed Reality Workspaces +2

AvatARoid: A Motion-Mapped AR Overlay to Bridge the Embodiment Gap Between Robots and Teleoperators in Robot-Mediated Telepresence

Robot-mediated telepresence promises to facilitate effective social interaction between remote teleoperators and on-site users. However, disparities between the robot's form and the teleoperator's representation cause perceptual conflict in on-site users, degrading interaction quality. We introduce AvatARoid, a novel…

CSCW '233rd AuthorAI Ethics

Speculating on Risks of AI Clones to Selfhood and Relationships: Doppelganger-phobia, Identity Fragmentation, and Living Memories

Digitally replicating the appearance and behaviour of individuals is becoming feasible with recent advancements in deep-learning technologies such as interactive deepfake applications, voice conversion, and virtual actors. Interactive applications of such agents, termed AI clones, pose risks related to impression mana…

CSCW '213rd AuthorAging with Technology

Digital Social Interaction in Older Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, older adults have been encouraged to stay indoors and isolated, leading to potential disruptions in their social activities and interpersonal relationships. This interview study (N=24) provides a close examination of older adults' technology adoption and communication practices in lig…

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