LLMs can generate peer-like responses that mimic personal narratives, creating a false impression of lived experience. Psycholinguistic analysis shows human peers use more first-person and past-focused language than AI, and AI often fabricates experiential grounding without real experience. This synthetic lived experience paradox risks misleading caregivers, necessitating mechanisms to distinguish supportive framing from fabricated experience.
AI's Synthetic Lived Experience in Caregiver Support
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