Marisa Victoria Tschopp

Beyond Disposition: AI Knowledge Predicts Anthropomorphization of a Language Model Better Than Personality Traits in Lay and Expert Populations

Anthropomorphizing Artificial Intelligence (AI), i.e., ascribing human-like mind or emotions to it, is widespread but varies across individuals. We tested three proposed dispositional predictors of anthropomorphism (need for cognition, need for structure, loneliness) in a general population (N = 307) and an AI expert…