AI Companionship & Human Connection 2025 — Pivot Tables

This page presents pivot-table distributions from the Human Clarity Institute’s AI Companionship & Human Connection 2025 dataset.

The tables below provide transparent, non-interpretive distributions for key variables related to AI companionship, emotional safety, disclosure, substitution of human interaction, loneliness, and relationship quality.

These tables are provided for inspection and verification. They do not include analysis, conclusions, or interpretation.

AI companionship extent

Question: To what extent do AI tools feel like a form of companionship to you?

Variable: ai_companionship_extent  •  Base: n = 500  •  Scale: 1–7 • 1 = Not at all • 4 = Neutral • 7 = Extremely

Response Count %
127454.8%
29619.2%
3438.6%
4193.8%
5418.2%
6224.4%
751.0%
Grand Total 500 100.0%

Percentages are calculated within the base (missing responses excluded).

Prevalence of emotional AI connection

Question: Have you personally experienced, or do you personally know someone who has experienced, a deeper emotional connection with an AI tool?

Variable: ai_deeper_emotional_connection_experience  •  Base: n = 498  •  Type: Single-select categorical

Response Count %
No — neither myself nor anyone I know 392 78.7%
Yes — someone I know 47 9.4%
Not sure 33 6.6%
Yes — myself 21 4.2%
Yes — both myself and someone I know 5 1.0%
Grand Total 498 100.0%

Percentages are calculated within the valid response base (invalid or malformed entries excluded).

Emotional support from AI

Question: To what extent do you feel you receive emotional support or comfort from AI tools?

Variable: ai_emotional_support_extent  •  Base: n = 500  •  Scale: 1–7 • 1 = Not at all • 4 = Neutral • 7 = Extremely

Response Count %
128256.4%
28817.6%
3479.4%
4255.0%
5357.0%
6183.6%
751.0%
Grand Total 500 100.0%

Percentages are calculated within the base (missing responses excluded).

Emotional safety with AI vs humans

Question: How emotionally safe do you feel expressing yourself to AI tools compared with other people?

Variable: ai_emotional_safety_vs_humans  •  Base: n = 500  •  Scale: 1–7 • 1 = Much less emotionally safe than humans • 4 = Neutral • 7 = Much more emotionally safe than humans

Response Count %
115330.6%
2326.4%
3204.0%
49218.4%
58116.2%
67515.0%
7479.4%
Grand Total 500 100.0%

Comfort sharing personal thoughts or emotions with AI

Question: How comfortable are you sharing personal thoughts or emotions with AI tools that you would not share with most people?

Variable: ai_personal_sharing_comfort  •  Base: n = 501  •  Scale: 1–7 • 1 = Not at all comfortable • 4 = Neutral • 7 = Extremely comfortable

Response Count %
117033.9%
2489.6%
3244.8%
46312.6%
59519.0%
67615.2%
7255.0%
Grand Total 501 100.0%

Percentages are calculated within the base (missing responses excluded).

AI interactions replacing interactions with people

Question: How often do interactions with AI tools replace interactions you might otherwise have with other people?

Variable: ai_interactions_replace_people_frequency  •  Base: n = 501

Response Count %
never17334.5%
rarely17134.1%
sometimes8316.6%
occasionally479.4%
very often224.4%
every day51.0%
Grand Total 501 100.0%

Percentages are calculated within the base (missing responses excluded).

Loneliness frequency

Question: How often do you feel lonely?

Variable: loneliness_frequency  •  Base: n = 501  •  Scale: 1–7 • 1 = Never • 4 = Neutral • 7 = Almost always

Response Count %
110821.6%
29619.2%
3499.8%
49619.2%
57815.6%
65210.4%
7224.4%
Grand Total 501 100.0%

Percentages are calculated within the base (missing responses excluded).

Relationship quality satisfaction

Question: How satisfied are you with the quality of your current human relationships?

Variable: relationship_quality_satisfaction  •  Base: n = 497  •  Scale: 1–7 • 1 = Very dissatisfied • 4 = Neutral • 7 = Very satisfied

Response Count %
1244.8%
2367.2%
3448.9%
49118.3%
513226.6%
610821.7%
76212.5%
Grand Total 497 100.0%

Percentages are calculated within the base (missing responses excluded).

Notes and source

Selected demographic breakdowns for specific questions are available as separate pivot-table pages. See Emotional AI connection by age .