What Does 'Presence Anxiety' Mean?

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FORCE: Machine CultureUNIVERSE: Machine Judgment CultureCLUSTER: Home Automation Judgment

Predicted term for the low-grade unease of not knowing what a smart-home system currently believes about whether you're home, and what it might do based on that belief.

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

"Got actual presence anxiety wondering if the thermostat thinks I've left already."

LORE & ORIGIN

Anticipated psychological framing extending from Home/Away and False Presence failures, naming the anxiety of losing track of a system's internal, invisible judgment about you.

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