A Turing Test of Kindness: Identity Transparency, Perceived Intelligence, and Linguistic Anthropomorphism in Prosocial Exchange with AI

2026/07/30 by Chenbo Wang, Xingyu Liu
Computer Science · Psychology · Social Sciences · #AI in Service Interactions #Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior #Language and cultural evolution

paper · doi:10.1080/10447318.2026.2707710

openalex publication_date 2026/07/30 · openalex created_date 2026/07/31 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/01

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