Poland’s new “Relationships in the Age of AI” report draws a clearer line than a simple verdict for or against artificial intelligence. AI tools have become routine for many adults online, but most respondents do not want technology to take the place of an emotional relationship with another person.
The report, released on 14 November, says that 67.4% of Polish adults online use AI tools. The leading uses are practical: finding information, asking health-related questions, translation, learning and explanations. Yet AI is not confined to tasks. Among adult users, 30.6% said they had held non-task or personal conversations with it.
That experience does not translate into broad acceptance of emotional attachment. The report says 78.7% oppose entering emotional relationships with technology. It also reports that 67.4% worry people will replace human relationships with contact with algorithms, while 51.7% think a strong emotional bond with AI requires legal regulation.
The personal conversations matter because they complicate the idea that AI is merely a search tool. Participants in the report’s qualitative interviews described turning to a chatbot at night, using it to organise emotions, prepare for a difficult discussion or discuss subjects they feared would invite judgment from other people. Availability and a perceived lack of criticism were among the reasons respondents gave for using AI in personal matters.
But the data do not establish that AI causes loneliness, anxiety or the replacement of human ties. Nor does the supplied report coverage provide the survey date, question wording, margin of error or weighting details. Its finding is narrower and still consequential: respondents can find an algorithm useful in a personal moment while resisting the idea that it should become an emotional substitute.
The study covered a representative sample of 3,423 Polish adults, 562 parent-teen pairs from the same households and 80 in-depth interviews. It was conducted by the Dbam o Mój Zasięg Foundation with the PZU Foundation, the University of Gdańsk and SWPS University in Warsaw, according to Nauka w Polsce.
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- Nauka w Polsce · Fundacja PAP — Źródło: Nauka w Polsce (Fundacja PAP) (https://naukawpolsce.pl/) · Source date: 2026-11-14
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