Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? A Psychoanalytic Inquiry Into Large Language Models
International Journal of Applied Psychoanalytic Studies August 7, 2026 Mustafa Selek
ABSTRACT Large language models produce fluent, contextually appropriate language that invites the inference that something behind the output is thinking. The psychoanalytic theory of thinking, specifically the work of Wilfred Bion and Donald Winnicott read together, allows us to specify what thinking requires, what the LLM lacks, and what occurs when a system so constituted occupies the...