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The Situated Identity Test: Distinguishing Persistent Cognitive Identity from Persona Imitation

arXiv · AI, language, vision and robotics · article · Aug 30, 2026 · UTC

Large language models can convincingly adopt personas, recall past dialogues, and weave rich autobiographies. Yet this conversational eloquence conceals a fundamental attribution problem: looking the part does not mean having lived the life. Two individuals can share identical public profiles--the same age, hometown, occupation, and personality traits--while possessing entirely distinct private histories, relationships, and acquired skills. When conditioned solely on that shared profile, an agent lacks the information required to determine which lineage is correct. We introduce the Situated Id

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