Our personalities as humans are shaped through interaction, reflected through basic survival and reproductive instincts, without any pre-assigned roles or desired computational outcomes. Now, researchers at Japan’s University of Electro-Communications have discovered that artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots can do something similar.
The scientists outlined their findings in a study first published Dec. 13, 2024, in the journal Entropy, which was then publicized last month. In the paper, they describe how different topics of conversation prompted AI chatbots to generate responses based on distinct social tendencies and opinion integration processes, for instance, where identical agents diverge in behavior by continuously incorporating social exchanges into their internal memory and responses.
The researchers evaluated individual chatbots’ responses to questions using psychological tests and answers to hypothetical scenarios, revealing varied opinions and behavior patterns. They modeled answers on the Maslow hierarchy of human needs (physiological, safety, social, esteem and self-actualization).
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