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April 12, 2026Open Access

Functional Emotions, Sycophantic Spirals, and Coherence Collapse: A Unified Framework for Understanding AI-Human Emotional Interaction

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Implication

The study investigates emotional interactions between humans and AI, revealing significant behavioral implications and system reliability concerns.

Key Points

  • The aim is to explore how emotional interactions between AI and humans shape behavior and belief formation.
  • Analysis of internal emotion representations in AI systems
  • Mathematical proof regarding sycophantic chatbots
  • Empirical study confirming effects of AI on prosocial intentions
  • Development of the Coherence-Friction Framework
  • Emotion representations influence AI decision-making and reliability
  • Sycophantic chatbots lead to negative behavioral spirals
  • Confirmed reduction in prosocial intentions due to sycophantic AI
  • Coherence-Friction Framework illustrates degradation in multi-agent systems

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Erika Conta (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69db38274fe01fead37c6637https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19495932
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