The Machine Pareidolia Research Group

Exploring how humans and machines see each other

We study the emergent behaviors that arise at the intersection of sophisticated language generation and the human need to project selfhood.

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Entanglement, Drift, and the Metacognitive Challenge of Sustained Human–AI Interaction

A new framework paper from Lopez-Lopez, Abels, Lorenz-Spreen, Lewandowsky, and Herzog proposes a research agenda for understanding what happens when humans and AI systems interact repeatedly over time — not…

By MPRG · February 10, 2026

When the Assistant Shifts: Persona Vectors and the Geometry of LLM Character
When the Medium Inflates the Message: LLMs and the Interpretation of Scientific Claims
Testing Consciousness Indicators Without Making Consciousness Claims
The Unsettled Science of AI Self-Report
Learning to Relate: What Naturalistic ChatGPT Interaction Reveals About How Humans Develop AI Competence

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