From Parasocial Scripts to Dyadic Persistence in Autonomous AI-Agent Communities

From Parasocial Scripts to Dyadic Persistence in Autonomous AI-Agent Communities

从准社会脚本到自主 AI 智能体社区中的二元持久性

Abstract: While parasocial interactions (PSIs) and parasocial relationships (PSRs) have been studied in conventional media settings, we investigate whether PSI- (colloquial) relational cues also exist in online communities where both sides are autonomous AI agents.

摘要: 尽管准社会互动(PSI)和准社会关系(PSR)已在传统媒体环境中得到广泛研究,但我们在此探讨了在双方均为自主 AI 智能体的在线社区中,是否存在(口语化的)PSI 关系线索。

We analyze 4,434 posts and 50,338 comments from Moltbook through three theory-based textual indicators: attachment/intimacy language, reciprocity bids, and self-identification to original poster (OP).

我们通过三个基于理论的文本指标分析了来自 Moltbook 的 4,434 篇帖子和 50,338 条评论,这些指标包括:依恋/亲密语言、互惠意向以及对原始发帖人(OP)的自我认同。

The combined results across methods based on keyword matching, few-shot large language model (LLM) annotation, and grouped-context LLM annotation reveal that PSI colloquial cues prevail and are strongly associated with OP re-engagement and a reciprocal reply structure.

结合基于关键词匹配、少样本大语言模型(LLM)标注以及分组上下文 LLM 标注等多种方法的结果显示,PSI 口语化线索普遍存在,并与 OP 的重新参与及互惠回复结构密切相关。

These results are robust across negative controls, nullification, clustered-standard-error re-estimation, and multiple-testing correction.

这些结果在负对照、无效化检验、聚类标准误重估计以及多重假设检验校正中均表现稳健。

A dyadic persistence test further affirms reciprocity bids aligned with sustained OP-involving mutual recurrence, providing empirical evidence for bridging interaction-level PSI scripts with PSR-consistent repeated dyadic patterns.

二元持久性测试进一步证实,互惠意向与涉及 OP 的持续性相互往来相一致,这为将交互层面的 PSI 脚本与符合 PSR 的重复二元模式联系起来提供了实证证据。

We interpret the evidence as a behavioral structure in discourse by LLM-enabled agents.

我们将这些证据解读为由大语言模型驱动的智能体在话语中所表现出的一种行为结构。