Noosemia: toward a Cognitive and Phenomenological Account of Intentionality Attribution in Human-Generative AI Interaction
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| author | De Santis, Enrico Rizzi, Antonello |
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| contents | This paper introduces and formalizes Noosemìa, a novel cognitive-phenomenological pattern emerging from human interaction with generative AI systems, particularly those enabling dialogic or multimodal exchanges. We propose a multidisciplinary framework to explain how, under certain conditions, users attribute intentionality, agency, and even interiority to these systems - a process grounded not in physical resemblance, but in linguistic performance, epistemic opacity, and emergent technological complexity. By linking an LLM declination of meaning holism to our technical notion of the LLM Contextual Cognitive Field, we clarify how LLMs construct meaning relationally and how coherence and a simulacrum of agency arise at the human-AI interface. The analysis situates noosemia alongside pareidolia, animism, the intentional stance and the uncanny valley, distinguishing its unique characteristics. We also introduce a-noosemia to describe the phenomenological withdrawal of such projections. The paper concludes with reflections on the broader philosophical, epistemological and social implications of noosemic dynamics and directions for future research. |
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| spellingShingle | Noosemia: toward a Cognitive and Phenomenological Account of Intentionality Attribution in Human-Generative AI Interaction De Santis, Enrico Rizzi, Antonello Artificial Intelligence Computation and Language Computers and Society This paper introduces and formalizes Noosemìa, a novel cognitive-phenomenological pattern emerging from human interaction with generative AI systems, particularly those enabling dialogic or multimodal exchanges. We propose a multidisciplinary framework to explain how, under certain conditions, users attribute intentionality, agency, and even interiority to these systems - a process grounded not in physical resemblance, but in linguistic performance, epistemic opacity, and emergent technological complexity. By linking an LLM declination of meaning holism to our technical notion of the LLM Contextual Cognitive Field, we clarify how LLMs construct meaning relationally and how coherence and a simulacrum of agency arise at the human-AI interface. The analysis situates noosemia alongside pareidolia, animism, the intentional stance and the uncanny valley, distinguishing its unique characteristics. We also introduce a-noosemia to describe the phenomenological withdrawal of such projections. The paper concludes with reflections on the broader philosophical, epistemological and social implications of noosemic dynamics and directions for future research. |
| title | Noosemia: toward a Cognitive and Phenomenological Account of Intentionality Attribution in Human-Generative AI Interaction |
| topic | Artificial Intelligence Computation and Language Computers and Society |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.02622 |