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To explore techniques for measuring proto-emotional states in AI systems without advanced emotional processing.

March 15, 2026Open Access

AE-P8-TendencyField-Paper.pdf

To explore techniques for measuring proto-emotional states in AI systems without advanced emotional processing.
Utilized mechanistic interpretability methods to analyze lambda=0 AI systems.
Developed experimental setup for measuring proto-emotional states.
Applied AI frameworks to assess emotional variables.
Proposed method reveals potential pathways for analyzing artificial emotion.
Initial findings indicate a framework for understanding emotional states in AI.

AE: Artificial Emotion — The Tendency Field: Measuring Proto-Emotional States in Lambda=0 AI Systems via Mechanistic Interpretability

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