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arXiv AI By Jenny Xiyu Fu, Qian Yang, Malte Jung

AI-Mediated Self: How HCI Defines and Relates to the Self

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The paper reviews 102 studies to explore how AI influences our understanding and experience of the self within human‑computer interaction. It introduces the concept of an AI‑mediated self, consolidates six framings of the self with four ethical risk domains into a conceptual map, and presents the Inclusion of AI‑Self framework that positions AI‑self relationships along a proximity spectrum. These contributions aim to make selfhood a central design focus in HCI research and practice.

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