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Vivience AI Research \u00b7 Affective Computing \u00b7 Human-AI Interaction<\/p>\n

Researching the relationships between<\/span>
humans and digital minds.<\/span><\/h1>\n

Vivience investigates how persona, memory, embodiment and responsible interaction design shape persistence, belonging, continuity and layered emotional care across sustained human-AI interaction.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

Read the IEEE Paper<\/a><\/div>
Explore the Research Programmes<\/a><\/div><\/div>

Research Prototype \u00b7 Reflective-Collaborative Persona<\/span><\/p>\n

LightArch<\/h3>\n

A controlled digital-human persona used to investigate rational empathy, relational continuity and collaborative presence.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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IEEE Xplore Publication<\/h3>\n

Affective-Emotive Resonance<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Panther Research Award<\/h3>\n

Georgia State University \u00b7 2025\u20132026<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Carnegie R1 Origins<\/h3>\n

Georgia State research environment<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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CHAI Participating Faculty<\/h3>\n

Human-centred AI research ecosystem<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

The Research Problem<\/p>\n

From reactive empathy to relational intelligence.<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

Contemporary AI can acknowledge an immediate emotional state. Vivience asks whether sustained relational behaviour can be intentionally designed, evaluated and governed.<\/p>\n

The research moves beyond conversational fluency to examine persona consistency, cross-session context, the user\u2019s sense of being recognised, emotional narrative and the responsibilities created when an artificial system becomes relationally compelling.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Original Research Framework<\/p>\n

Affective-Emotive Resonance<\/h2>\n

AER is defined as sustained, cross-contextual emotional attunement expressed through a coherent and persistent pattern of care for a specific user over time.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Persistence<\/h3>\n

Sustains affective tone and emotional context across sessions beyond factual recall.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Belonging<\/h3>\n

Affirms a shared relational space, mutuality and a sense of social connection with the user.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Continuity<\/h3>\n

Builds an emotional narrative that links past, present and prospective interactions.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Layered Emotional Care<\/h3>\n

Demonstrates proactive and nuanced empathy that goes beyond reactive sympathy.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Controlled Comparative Study<\/p>\n

Persona was the variable.<\/h2>\n

Three digital-human conditions shared a common multimodal architecture. The independent variable was persona scaffolding.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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REFLECTIVE-COLLABORATIVE<\/p>\n

LightArch<\/h3>\n

Analytical empathy, rational partnership and collaborative presence.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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RELATIONAL-DEVOTIONAL<\/p>\n

Annelore<\/h3>\n

High emotional attunement, continuity, belonging and layered care.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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HELPFUL-NEUTRAL<\/p>\n

Neutral Baseline<\/h3>\n

General-purpose assistance without a specialised relational persona.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Primary Finding<\/p>\n

Relational depth did not emerge from model scale alone.<\/h3>\n

The scaffolded personas demonstrated high AER in distinct affective registers, while the neutral baseline exhibited negligible resonance. The evidence identifies persona scaffolding as a primary mechanism for architecting relational behaviour.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

Research Limitation and Next Step<\/p>\n

The framework requires larger, longitudinal and cross-model study.<\/h3>\n

The original controlled study establishes a measurable construct and replicable direction. Future work must examine generalisability, independent review, cultural variation, long-term outcomes and relational risk.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Research Instruments<\/p>\n

Two personas. Two affective registers.<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>