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ArticlePhilosophy & technology2025

The Three Social Dimensions of Chatbot Technology.

Mauricio Figueroa-Torres

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Article in Philosophy & technology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Mauricio Figueroa-TorresNewcastle University, 19-24 Windsor Terrace, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE2 4HQ UK.ORCID 0000-0002-7989-2851

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The development and deployment of chatbot technology, while spanning decades and employing different techniques, require innovative frameworks to understand and interrogate their functionality and implications. A mere technocentric account of the evolution of chatbot technology does not fully illuminate how conversational systems are embedded in societal dynamics. This study presents a structured examination of chatbots across three societal dimensions, highlighting their roles as objects of scientific research, commercial instruments, and agents of intimate interaction. Through furnishing a dimensional framework for the evolution of conversational systems - from laboratories to marketplaces to private lives- this article contributes to the wider scholarly inquiry of chatbot technology and its impact in lived human experiences and dynamics.

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ChatbotsConversational AIConversational systemsDigital interfacesDimensional frameworkSocial AISociotechnical systemsTechnology developmentTechnology-in-practice

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PMID40635766
PMCPMC12234634

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