"AI Is Turning Too Human": How Teenagers Experience and Negotiate AI in Everyday Life

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arXiv:2609.27824v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Generative AI is rapidly entering adolescents' everyday lives during a critical period of cognitive, social and emotional development. Yet its adoption is outpacing evidence on how adolescents themselves experience, understand and negotiate its expanding role in their lives. We examined AI-related discourse on r/teenagers from January 2023 to July 2026 using validated keyword-based retrieval and a human-in-the-loop, LLM-assisted thematic analysis.