Nostalgia encourages exploration and fosters uncertainty in response to AI technology

IF 3.2 2区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

British Journal of Social Psychology Pub Date : 2024-12-27 DOI:10.1111/bjso.12843

Jianning Dang, Constantine Sedikides, Tim Wildschut, Li Liu

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Abstract

The burgeoning progress of cutting-edge technology paradoxically evokes nostalgia. How does this emotion influence responses to innovative technology, such as Artificial Intelligence (AI)? We hypothesized that two pathways operate concurrently. First, by enhancing connection with significant others, nostalgia constitutes a psychological resource that supports exploration of technological innovation, thereby promoting positive responses to AI. Second, by reinforcing scepticism toward change, nostalgia heightens uncertainty about innovative technology, thereby fostering negative responses to AI. Three preregistered experiments, testing participants (ΣN = 1397) across cultures (China, UK, USA), supported the two pathways. Nostalgia influenced responses to ChatGPT via two opposing serial pathways (Experiment 1). Further, social connectedness bolstered favourable responses to AI avatars via increased technology exploration (Experiment 2), whereas scepticism about change reduced favourable responses to companion robots via increased technology uncertainty (Experiment 3). This dualistic role of nostalgia can be harnessed to sustain new technology or instill caution for its risks.

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怀旧鼓励探索，培养对AI技术的不确定性。

尖端技术的飞速发展反而引发了怀旧之情。这种情绪如何影响人们对人工智能（AI）等创新技术的反应？我们假设这两种途径同时起作用。首先，通过加强与重要他人的联系，怀旧构成了一种支持技术创新探索的心理资源，从而促进了对人工智能的积极反应。其次，通过加强对变革的怀疑，怀旧加剧了对创新技术的不确定性，从而助长了对人工智能的负面反应。三个预先注册的实验，测试不同文化（中国、英国、美国）的参与者（ΣN = 1397），支持这两种途径。怀旧通过两个相反的连续路径影响对ChatGPT的反应（实验1）。此外，社会联系通过增加技术探索（实验2）加强了对人工智能虚拟形象的有利反应，而对变化的怀疑通过增加技术不确定性（实验3）减少了对伴侣机器人的有利反应。怀旧的这种二元作用可以用来维持新技术或对其风险的谨慎态度。

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British Journal of Social Psychology PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL-

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