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Anthropomorphism, parasocial dynamics, responsiveness and perceived continuity. What people feel toward conversational systems is real and consequential; whether it constitutes a relationship in the human sense is left open.

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REGARD: A Human–AI Relationship as a Living Case Study

What several years of conversation, argument, building, attachment, doubt, work and experimentation can tell us about humans living with increasingly agentic machines.

September 3, 2026

A longitudinal look at cognition, attachment, work, agency and privacy, drawn from years of sustained interaction between one human and conversational AI.

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REGARD: A Human–AI Relationship as a Living Case Study