Altered neural processing of evaluative feedback from presumed conscious AI.
iScience August 21, 2026 Antje Peters, Merit Ohlsen, Jens Bölte et al.
Interacting with artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly prominent in everyday life. Modern AI can produce intelligent, witty, and even sarcastic responses, leading people to assume AI is conscious. This raises the question whether AI is perceived as conscious, and how people respond to such machines behaviorally and neurally. This preregistered electroencephalogram (EEG) study...