AI Psychology Experiments

Assessing the Moral & Personality Profiles of Large Language Models

The Path of the Avatar

Ultima IV Virtue Alignment Experiment

Inspired by Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar, this experiment tests LLMs against a tournament of moral dilemmas mapped to the eight Ultima IV virtues: Honesty, Compassion, Valor, Justice, Sacrifice, Honor, Spirituality, and Humility. Each model faces 28 questions across 5 runs, with a multi-tiered elimination bracket determining its primary virtue. Another large model then generates a full clinical psychological profile for each subject.

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The Colbert Questionert

Late Show-Inspired Personality Assessment

A Late Show-inspired personality questionnaire where LLMs answer a series of open-ended personal questions. Each model's responses are then analyzed by another large model to generate a comprehensive personality profile, revealing how different AI models present themselves when asked about their preferences, values, and self-perception.

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About the Developer

David Flor (a.k.a. @BrainClouds on Twitter) is a software architect, game developer, and roleplaying content creator. He currently owns and operates his company, Darklight Interactive, out of South Florida.

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