Journal of Northeastern University(Social Science) ›› 2025, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (6): 57-68.DOI: 10.15936/j.cnki.1008-3758.2025.06.007

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How Proactive Intelligence Promotes Interaction Willingness: Experimental Research Based on the Human-Machine Value Co-creation Perspective

Xuecheng YANG, Jing GUO, Jingnan JIANG   

  1. School of Economics and Management,Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications,Beijing 100876,China
  • Received:2024-09-08 Online:2025-11-25 Published:2025-12-03

Abstract:

The influence of proactive intelligence on users’ interaction willingness is becoming increasingly significant. Focusing on smart home contexts, a theoretical model of how proactive intelligence shapes users’ interaction willingness was developed, drawing on the perspective of human-machine value co-creation. Three controlled offline experiments were conducted to empirically test the model. Results demonstrated that, compared with low or non-proactive intelligence, highly proactive intelligence significantly enhances users’ interaction willingness. Moreover, the human-machine value co-creation experience mediates this relationship. This mediation effect is further moderated by the AI feature-user capability fit, such that the impact of proactive intelligence on co-creation experience becomes more pronounced when the fit is low. These findings lay the foundation for exploring machines’ behavioral characteristics of smart services, and also provide scientific insights into smart product design.

Key words: proactive intelligence, interactive willingness, human-machine value co-creation, AI feature-user capability fit

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