Israeli scientists: AI can make personality tests, predict responses
Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have demonstrated that large language models like ChatGPT can generate personality questionnaires and predict population-level responses. The study suggests that LLMs may have implicitly learned human personality structures through their training data.
Why it matters
This research indicates that AI models possess a deeper understanding of human psychological traits than previously assumed, with potential implications for social science and diagnostics.
All users of ChatGPT, Gemini, and other artificial intelligence platforms know that these large language models (LLMs) are usually very “smart” and analyze texts and answer questions very well. But is AI clairvoyant?Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI) scientists have developed a method for generating personality assessment questionnaires with ChatGPT from any source text in English. To test the method, they applied it to both the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition (DSM-5) – the “bible” of mental health professionals published by the American Psychiatric Association to name, describe, and diagnose mental health and brain-related conditions – and, as a deliberately unconventional example, an astrology textbook.The team said that not only could ChatGPT be used to create and validate these questionnaires, but that it could also accurately predict population-level responses before the surveys were carried out.Testing AI with personality testsThe team – Dr. Rotem Monsa, Prof.
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