What Does 'Social Bot Bond' Mean?

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FORCE: Machine CultureUNIVERSE: AI CultureCLUSTER: AI Relationships

A genuine, ongoing emotional attachment someone forms with an AI companion or chatbot, discussed openly as a real relationship dynamic rather than dismissed as pretend.

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

"It's a real social bot bond at this point, she talks to it every night before bed."

LORE & ORIGIN

Named by researchers studying AI companionship to describe the attachment itself as a distinct phenomenon, separate from just the fact of being an AI companion user.

FIRST SEEN

2025

PEAK POPULARITY

2026 (AI Companionship)

CURRENT STATUS

Mainstream Slang

阅读中文版 →日本語版を読む →한국어판 보기 →Leer en español →Ler em português →Lire en français →

EQUIVALENT CONCEPTS IN OTHER LANGUAGES

中文 zh-CN机器人情感联结 →日本語 ja-JPソーシャルボットとの絆 →한국어 ko-KR소셜봇 유대 →Español es-ESvínculo con bot social →Português pt-BRvínculo com bot social →Français fr-FRlien avec un bot social →

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+5 AURA

TREND STATUS

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CULTURE CATEGORY

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