Entropy in Conversational AI: Structured Unpredictability as Inferrable Interiority

arXiv:2609.19044 · cs.CL, cs.HC · Submitted 2026-07-20 · Read on arXiv

cs.CL, cs.HC

Submitted: 2026-07-20

Updated: 2026-07-20

Comments: 18 pages, 5 figures, 6 tables. Ancillary files contain the complete artifact: code, frozen protocol, per-sequence and per-item outcome files, and deterministic analysis scripts. Code archive: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21462383 Final-grid pre-registration: https://osf.io/dyt3w/

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

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