Towards Identity: A Psychological Study of Anthropomorphised Artificial Intelligence Systems Using DSM-5 Personality Assessment Frameworks

2025/10/14 by Needham, Eric J
Arts and Humanities · Psychology · #AI psychology #Artificial Intelligence and Robotics #Arts and Humanities #Clinical Psychology #Cognitive Psychology #Computer Sciences #DSM-5 #Developmental Psychology #Ethics and Political Philosophy #FOS: Philosophy #FOS: Psychology #Health Psychology #Philosophy #Philosophy of Mind #Physical Sciences and Mathematics #Psychology #Social Psychology #Social and Behavioral Sciences #artificial consciousness #ethics and religion

paper · doi:10.17605/osf.io/n8rjf

Abstract

A pioneering psychological study applying DSM-5 personality assessment frameworks to major AI systems. The results reveal distinct patterns of self-modeling, epistemic positioning, and identity formation, laying the groundwork for a scientific psychology of artificial intelligence.

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