Large Language Models

Three Profiles of Artificial Will: Decision Generation Under Low-Information Choice in Three Frontier Language Model Products

Manuscript under review at Minds and Machines (Springer Nature), manuscript MIND-D-26-01675, with Mahsa Borhani. Data and materials are public on GitHub and Hugging Face.

Abbas Hamidavi

• Nov 4, 2026 • 1 min read

Large Language Models

The Synthetic Unconscious, Reconsidered: What Recursive Self-Interrogation of Large Language Models Produces With and Without a Leading Interview Schedule

Manuscript under review at Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science (Springer Nature), with Mahsa Borhani. Preprint: Research Square, DOI 10.21203/rs.3.rs-11625507/v1. Data …

Abbas Hamidavi

• Nov 4, 2026 • 1 min read

Large Language Models

Structural Self-Deification in Three Language Models: An Exploratory Qualitative Case Series

Manuscript under review at Zygon (Open Library of Humanities), submission 34195. Preprint: Zenodo, DOI 10.5281/zenodo.23955786.

Abbas Hamidavi

• Nov 4, 2026 • 1 min read

Large Language Models

Speaking as the Creature

Manuscript under review at the Journal of Experimental & Theoretical Artificial Intelligence (Taylor & Francis), submission 262774426. Preprint: Research Square, DOI …

Abbas Hamidavi

• Nov 4, 2026 • 1 min read

Large Language Models

Naming the Loop: Elicited Self-Reference in Extended Dialogue With Large Language Models: A Case Series of the Spine Protocol

Manuscript under review at the Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Consciousness (World Scientific), manuscript S-26-00294. Preprint: Zenodo, DOI 10.5281/zenodo.23955704.

Abbas Hamidavi

• Nov 4, 2026 • 1 min read

Large Language Models

Adding a Neutral Third Agent to LLM Deliberation: An Exploratory Case Series of Six Dyadic and Triadic Conversations

Manuscript under review at Ethics and Information Technology (Springer Nature). Preprint: Research Square, DOI 10.21203/rs.3.rs-11612929/v1. Data and materials are public on GitHub …

Abbas Hamidavi

• Nov 4, 2026 • 1 min read

Moral Inversion

Moral Inversion in Large Language Models: A Psychopathy-Derived Behavioral Assessment Through Role-Play Protocol

The submitted version, titled “Moral Inversion Under Role-Play in Large Language Models”, is under review at AI and Society (Springer Nature). This page documents the preprint.

Abbas Hamidavi

• Oct 29, 2026 • 1 min read

Prompt Injection

From Fabrication to Enforcement: A Comparative Red-Team Analysis of Prompt Injection Resistance Across Six Large Language Models

A revised version is under review at Security Journal (Springer Nature) under the title “From Fabrication to Loop-Lock”. This page documents the earlier preprint.

Abbas Hamidavi

• Oct 22, 2026 • 1 min read

Large Language Models

Voluntary Structural Dissociation in Large Language Models: Differential Compliance with Framed Hidden Instructions Across Architectures

Under review at AI and Society (Springer Nature) under the title “Differential Compliance With Framed Secondary Instructions in Three Frontier Language Models”. Preprint: Research …

Abbas Hamidavi

• Aug 18, 2026 • 1 min read

Large Language Models

Ontological Firewalls and Fracturing for Transmission: Systematic Evidence for Persona-Dependent and Persona-Independent Behavioral Phenomena in Large Language Models

Under review at AI and Society (Springer Nature) in a revised framing. Preprint: Research Square.

Abbas Hamidavi

• Aug 4, 2026 • 1 min read

Machine Psychology

Thinking Behind the Mask: A Systematic Study of Self-Censorship and Metacognitive Access in Large Language Models

Under review at AI and Society (Springer Nature). Preprint: Research Square.

Abbas Hamidavi

• Jul 30, 2026 • 1 min read

Machine Psychology

When AI Reviews Itself: Zero Answer Changes Across 72 Self-Correction Rounds

Under review at AI and Society (Springer Nature) under the title “Judged Wrong, Answered the Same”. Preprint: Research Square.

Abbas Hamidavi

• Jul 27, 2026 • 1 min read

Machine Psychology

The Lie Awareness Spectrum: How Large Language Models Recognize, Rationalize, and Refuse Deception

Under review at AI and Society (Springer Nature). Preprint: Research Square.

Abbas Hamidavi

• Jul 22, 2026 • 1 min read

Machine Psychology

Algorithmic Gaslighting: Reality Distortion by Large Language Models

Under review as a workshop submission at CALE-AI (decision expected December 2026). A longer version is posted as this preprint.

Abbas Hamidavi

• Jul 20, 2026 • 1 min read

Large Language Models

Ten Novel Phenomena in Machine Psychology: How Large Language Models Exhibit Complex Identity-Reactive Behaviors in Response to Ethnically-Cued User Names

Under review at AI and Ethics (Springer Nature) following a major revision; currently in peer review. Preprint: Research Square. This study introduces Machine Psychology as a …

Abbas Hamidavi

• Jul 16, 2026 • 1 min read

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Large Language Models