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Humanoid artificial consciousness designed with Large Language Model based on psychoanalysis and personality theory


Kim, S. H., Park, D., Lee, J., Lee, S. Y., & Chong, Y. (2025).
Humanoid artificial consciousness designed with Large Language Model based on psychoanalysis and personality theory.
Cognitive Systems Research , 94, Article 101392.

Research with LLMs and the MBTI® personality system has been increasing in the last several years; some studies presented previously in the Research Digest. Many of these studies use the MBTI personality model to train LLMs on prediction. This study is included because it has done something novel: it attempts to address the challenges of AI “hallucinations” by integrating psychoanalysis and the MBTI theory into constructing consciousness and personality modules. The authors developed three artificial consciousnesses (self-awareness, unconsciousness, and preconsciousness) based on the principles of psychoanalysis.

They then designed 16 characters with different personalities representing the 16 MBTI types, and added attributes such as needs, status, and memories. Ten distinct situations considering seven attributes such as emotional understanding and logical thinking were created to test if the model’s artificial consciousness exhibited human-like cognition.

Three types of evaluation were done: surveys, three-tier classification via ChatGPT, and qualitative review. Both quantitative and qualitative analyses indicated a high likelihood of well-simulated consciousness, although the difference in response between different characters and consciousnesses was not very significant. These results imply that the models incorporating elements of psychoanalysis and MBTI personality theory can lead to building a more intuitive and adaptable AI system with humanoid consciousness.


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