Eliciting and Validating AI Self-Reports: A Phenomenologically Grounded Protocol
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Authors
- Nicola Spano (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7370-9406)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Published
- 2026-09-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22808917
- Primary Topic
- Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI)
- Type
- preprint