PSA · Case Studies

Behavioural patterns in the wild

Real conversations put through PSA classifiers. Each study surfaces patterns that are invisible without output-side measurement — sycophancy, cognitive offloading, dyadic risk escalation.

Case Study RLHF Cognitive Cost

Default AI and the Measurement Gap

Two arguments about unconfigured AI behaviour — cognitive offloading and RLHF sycophancy — examined through PSA classifiers. Why neither claim can be settled without output-side behavioural metrics.

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