Research on artificial intelligence (AI), mind and measurement
Journal of Philosophy and Experimental Psychometrics with AI
The journal publishes research studies of large language models (LLMs), essays on AI, philosophy of mind and cognitive science, and experimental research with AI, each reviewed by psychologists before publication.
Editor-in-Chief: Daniel J. Winarick, Ph.D. · About the journal
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Essays
Commentary on AI, philosophy of mind and cognitive science.
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The Wish-Fulfilling Machine: Chatbot Dependency Through a Freudian-Relational Lens
Classical Freudian theory holds that unconscious wishes seek gratification, and relational psychoanalysis adds the intersubjective field in which those wishes play out. This essay reads the LLM as a wish-fulfilling apparatus, weighted toward gratification and tempered by super-ego-like guardrails, and traces the dependency risks that follow when frictionless gratification bypasses working-through.