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Doing Virtual Companionship with Alexa [PDF]

Social Interaction
Technologists often claim that virtual assistants, e.g., smart speakers, can offer 'smart companionship for independent older people'. However, the concept of companionship manifested by such technologies is rarely explained further.
Lauren Hall, Saul Albert, Elizabeth Peel
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Reimagining Companionship in „Klara and the Sun” [PDF]

Acta Universitatis Wratislaviensis. Anglica Wratislaviensia
This paper explores Kazuo Ishiguro’s Klara and the Sun as a literary examination of companionship in the age of artificial intelligence. Set in a technologically advanced society where Artificial Friends (AFs) are purchased to alleviate human loneliness,
Hasan Serkan Demir
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Older Humans and Their Dogs [PDF]

Humanimalia
Loneliness and a lack of socialization can have a deteriorating effect on life experience and health. Unfortunately, loneliness is an experience often felt by older people, and interspecies companionship can provide valuable and daily interaction that ...
Angela Bartram
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Outsourcing Love, Companionship, and Sex: Robot Acceptance and Concerns [PDF]

Sexes
Due to constantly evolving technology, a new challenge has entered the relationship landscape: the inclusion of robots as emotional and intimate partners. This article raises the question of the degree to which companionship and intimacy may be fulfilled
I. Joyce Chang, Tim S. Welch, David Knox, Adriatik Likcani, Allison C. Tsay   +4 more
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Companionship [PDF]

Approaches: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Music Therapy
This issue marks the 15th anniversary of Approaches. Since the publication of its first issue in 2009, Approaches has developed and expanded in several directions as a peer-reviewed, bilingual journal (Tsiris, 2022; Tsiris & Carr, 2015). Issues of accessibility, power and translation have been at the heart of our ethos as an open access journal as ...
Tsiris, Giorgos, Τσίρης , Γιώργος   +1 more
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Labour companionship coverage and characteristics. [PDF]

, 2023
Labour companionship coverage and characteristics.
Meghan A. Bohren (8737209), Alya Hazfiarini (13297028), Mercedes Colomar (3571007), Anayda Portela (126522), Özge Tunçalp (309256), Martha Vazquez Corona (12877842), Bremen De Mucio (3531383)   +6 more
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Conceptual framework for enabling companionship. [PDF]

, 2022
Conceptual framework for enabling companionship.
Pele Melepia (8353590), Meghan A. Bohren (8737209), Alison Morgan (144782), Naomi Spotswood (12160685), Caroline S. E. Homer (4020872), Priscah Hezeri (12160673), Dukduk Kabiu (12160676), Joshua P. Vogel (9726931), Alyce N. Wilson (9726928), Angela Kelly-Hanku (613152), Michelle J. L. Scoullar (12160688), James G. Beeson (7344623), Christopher Morgan (4255258), Rose Suruka (12160670), Delly Babona (12160679), Pinip Wapi (12160682), Lisa M. Vallely (12160691)   +16 more
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Impact of Pet Companionship on Student Development: A Meta-Analysis [PDF]

, 2023
Animal companionship has been found to have a positive influence on human well-being, and the presence of pets can have a subtle yet significant impact on the healthy development of students.
Yao, Jijun, Li, Peixuan, Yifan Xu, Peixuan Li, Fangru Zhou, Xu, Yifan, Jijun Yao, Zhou, Fangru   +7 more
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Toward a design theory for virtual companionship [PDF]

, 2022
Due to significant technological progress in the field of artificial intelligence, conversational agents have the potential to become smarter, deepen the interaction with their users, and overcome a function of merely assisting.
Strohmann, Timo, Robra-Bissantz, Susanne, Siemon, Dominik, Khosrawi-Rad, Bijan   +3 more
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From roast to roost: The therapeutic benefits of chicken companionship [PDF]

, 2021
There has been a rise in ‘pet’ chicken keeping in the UK. This in part might be due to chickens being more accessible, part of eco-friendly lifestyle and push for healthy food.
Holt, N.
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