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Article History

Received: 22 August 2022

Accepted: 6 June 2023

First Online: 19 July 2023

Competing interests

: The authors declare no competing interests.

: The survey of this study was conducted according to the codes and practices established in the Codes of Conducts for Scientists, issued by the Science Council of Japan on January 25, 2013, and Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University’s Research Code of Ethics. Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University’s Research Compliance/Ethics Review Committee considers whether obtaining ethical approval is a right of the researchers. Since the survey is completely anonymized and voluntary and no sensitive information is required, the survey is exempt from acquiring ethical approval.

: Informed consent has been obtained for all respondents. Prior to answering the survey questions, the participants were explained the study’s purpose (i.e., to understand statistically various social perceptions of emotional AI applications), its voluntary nature (i.e., the respondents are free to choose to participate in the survey and can leave anytime), the anonymization procedure, and that informed consent is implied with once the respondents choose to start answering the survey questions.