2025/11/17 by Ichiro Matsuda, Komichi Takezawa, Matsuda, Ichiro +11
Computer Science · Psychology · Social Sciences · #AI in Service Interactions #Ethics and Social Impacts of AI #FOS: Computer and information sciences #Human-Computer Interaction (cs.HC) #Social Robot Interaction and HRI
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2511.13046
openalex publication_date 2025/11/17 · openalex created_date 2025/11/19 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
LLMs can act as an impartial other, drawing on vast knowledge, or as personalized self-reflecting user prompts. These personalized LLMs, or Digital Humans, occupy an intermediate position between self and other. This research explores the dynamic of self and other mediated by these Digital Humans. Using a Research Through Design approach, nine junior and senior high school students, working in teams, designed Digital Humans and had them debate. Each team built a unique Digital Human using prompt engineering and RAG, then observed their autonomous debates. Findings from generative AI literacy tests, interviews, and log analysis revealed that participants deepened their understanding of AI's capabilities. Furthermore, experiencing their own creations as others prompted a reflective attitude, enabling them to objectively view their own cognition and values. We propose "Reflecting with AI" - using AI to re-examine the self - as a new generative AI literacy, complementing the conventional understanding, applying, criticism and ethics.