SSRN 6534580
The Cost of Self-Distortion in Human–AI Interaction
Introduces Expression Distortion Cost (EDC) and Self-Alignment Load (SAL), developing an Authenticity–Cost Model for user-side interaction quality.
Read full paper on SSRNWhen AI outputs feel generic or misaligned, the problem is often attributed to the model. This paper advances a user-side account: interaction quality depends on how faithfully internal cognition is represented in language.
Two constructs are introduced: Expression Distortion Cost (EDC) and Self-Alignment Load (SAL), integrated in the Authenticity–Cost Model.
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Language Understanding
Before the Model Responds: Distortion at the Human–AI Interface
Misalignment often begins before the model answers — in how we represent what we want, what we hide, and what we are not yet able to say clearly.