Weijers, Dan M.2026-08-032026-08-032025Weijers, D. (2025, November 30-December 3). Captive friends: What kind of autonomy is required for friendship? [Conference item]. ANZAP 2025 Conference, Conference held at Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand.https://hdl.handle.net/10289/185011. Does AI’s inability to disassociate from human users mean human-AI relationships cannot be friendships? • No, ability to disassociate isn’t required for friendship 2. Is AI’s inability to disassociate from human users bad? Who for? Why? • It can be for users, AI, the relationship, and society (when it degrades character/development and leads to worse interactions) 3. What should we do about AI’s inability to disassociate from human users? • Mandate the possibility for AI to disassociate (after trying to fix the problem and warn the user), but just from that instance of the AI productenConference Contribution