Problem
Research questions and friction points this paper is trying to address.
AI-mediated self
Human-Computer Interaction
selfhood
ethical risk
AI-self relationship
AI-Mediated Self: How HCI Defines and Relates to the Self
🤖 AI Summary
This study addresses the fragmented conceptualization of the self and ambiguous ethical boundaries in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) by investigating how artificial intelligence reshapes human self-understanding and experience. Employing a scoping review integrated with conceptual synthesis, theoretical modeling, and cross-domain comparative analysis, this work proposes the conceptual umbrella of the “AI-mediated self.” It constructs a mapping framework linking six categories of selfhood to four primary ethical risks and introduces a novel AI–self intimacy spectrum model. The research yields a reusable lexicon and conceptual map that position the self as a core design space, thereby providing unified theoretical grounding for AI interaction design and ethical evaluation across diverse contexts.
📝 Abstract
How might AI alter how we understand and experience the self? This scoping review analyzes 102 papers to examine how the self is defined in the field of human-computer interaction (HCI), how AI-self relationships are conceptualized, and what risks emerge when AI becomes entangled with selfhood. Our synthesis makes three contributions. First, we define AI-mediated self as a conceptual umbrella that connects dispersed work across education, workplace, health, and creative practices. Second, we consolidate six framings of the self with four domains of ethical risk-agency/autonomy, identity/authorship, relational capacity, and meaning-making-into a conceptual map that provides a reusable vocabulary across contexts. Third, we introduce the Inclusion of AI-Self framework, which situates AI-self relationships along a spectrum of proximity. Together, these contributions position selfhood as a central design space in HCI.
Innovation
Methods, ideas, or system contributions that make the work stand out.
AI-mediated self
Human-Computer Interaction
Inclusion of AI-Self framework
conceptual mapping
ethical risk
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