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A story about having an AI dissect me, a philistine with Aphantasia and SDAM, from the perspective of 'narrative self'

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This article is a record of an experiment in which I had an AI read the 'note articles related to Aphantasia/SDAM' that I have written so far, and verified how the AI would profile (dissect) my actions, psychology, personality, etc., from the perspective of the 'narrative self (narrative identity)'.

As someone with Aphantasia/SDAM, I have long felt that the concept of the 'narrative self' does not suit me well. Therefore, I decided to dare to profile my own persona from that perspective (narrative self).

Note:
AI can make mistakes. Also, it can sometimes flatter humans.


1. Input (Instructions to AI)

File attached to the prompt

  • mmm2.txt (approx. 200,000 characters, approx. 4,700 lines)

Content of the prompt

The content of the prompt is described below. Note that 'Mr. M' in the text refers to me (I have hidden from the AI that the user who entered the prompt is Mr. M). Also, the two researchers mentioned in the text are known as authorities in their respective fields.

The attached file (mmm2) is a collection of personal articles posted on note.com by Mr. M (alias: Muzo no Zo).

## Based on the content of these articles, please profile Mr. M's actions, psychology, personality, etc., from the perspectives of the two researchers shown below.

1. ① Paul Ricoeur (1913 - 2005): A representative philosopher who developed the 'narrative self (narrative identity)' philosophically against the background of hermeneutics and phenomenology. He argued that the self maintains its identity by interpreting and reinterpreting one's own life as a story.

2. ② Dan P. McAdams (1954 - ): A leading figure who proposed the 'life story model' in personality psychology and developed 'narrative self (narrative identity)' research as a central research area in personality psychology. He is also known for concepts such as redemption sequences and contamination sequences.

## In profiling, please report the profiling results in an academically organized manner from the perspectives shown below.

1. Analyze each theorist independently.
2. Cite specific descriptions in the articles as evidence.
3. Clearly distinguish between speculation and evidence.
4. Profile based on theory, not personality diagnosis.
5. Finally, provide a comprehensive profile that integrates each theory.

2. Output (Profiling results)

For details on the profiling results, please refer to the logs of each AI posted below (or the PDF or image versions containing the full text).

* All are free versions of AI.

3. Summary of profiling results

Below is a summary of the 'profiling results for Mr. M (the image-less image)' output by each AI. * Note that the following summary was obtained by inputting the profiling results into
Google AI and instructing it to summarize them. Therefore, the author is Google AI.

Summary

Integrating the theories of Paul Ricoeur and Dan McAdams, Mr. M lacks the emotional re-experiencing of episodic memory and mental imagery that usually form the foundation of a 'narrative self' due to cognitive traits such as SDAM and Aphantasia. However, by using semantic memory and advanced logical meta-interpretation, he has perfectly constructed a highly stable and unique 'narrative self'.

Mr. M's self is a system-type identity that continues to logically structure experience rather than narrate it. He utilizes external media, such as his collection of posted articles, as an external memory device in place of episodic memory in the brain. Furthermore, instead of a 'life story' based on a timeline, he has established a synchronic self centered on current perceptions, emotions, and thoughts. Due to this structure, he is insulated from psychological threats such as contamination by past failures or the visualization of anxiety about the future; his tone of introspection is low-frequency and simply quiet, maintaining a resilient state of adaptation that is unlikely to fall into mental health crises.

As for his cognitive style, he excels in linguistic, logical, and abstract structural thinking. He organizes his thoughts simultaneously with his output, objectively mapping the world and himself. His 'life story' is not an emotional drama of overcoming hardship, but is composed of a cognitively oriented plot that discovers concepts from a sense of incongruity and deepens understanding. This has the aspect of an intellectual salvation sequence that finds value through cognitive scientific understanding and shares it with others, starting from the position of being a misunderstood minority.

In terms of social adaptation, while he feels awe at the rich imagery worlds of others, he gets by without issue by performing automatic mimicry that aligns with social linguistic norms. Through high metacognitive ability and autonomous control, he actively re-describes his traits not as deficits, but as unwavering talents or individuality. His stance of aiming to disseminate knowledge and correct misunderstandings aligns with the element of returning knowledge to society, embodying a very unique modern 'narrative identity' that is firmly integrated through an intellectual plot.

4. Personal thoughts

The following are my personal opinions.

In short, when looking at a human being like me through the lens of the 'narrative self' system, it seems there are the following tendencies.

Cognitive traits and self-construction

  • Cognitive substitution: Lacks episodic memory and mental imagery due to SDAM and Aphantasia, but constructs a stable 'narrative self' through semantic memory and logical meta-interpretation.

  • System-type identity: Continues to logically structure experience rather than narrating it.

  • Utilization of external memory: Uses external media such as posted articles as a memory device instead of brain memory.

  • Synchronic self: Establishes a self centered on current perceptions, emotions, and thoughts, rather than a timeline-based story.

Psychological adaptation and resilience

  • Insulation from psychological threats: Contamination by past failures or visualization of future anxiety does not occur.

  • High mental stability: Introspection is low-frequency and quiet, making it difficult to fall into mental health crises.

  • Thinking Style: Excels at linguistic, logical, and abstract thinking, organizing thoughts and objectively mapping them simultaneously with output.

  • Cognitive-Oriented Plot: The 'life story' does not proceed as an emotional drama, but as a plot of discovering concepts from a sense of incongruity.

  • Intellectual Salvation: From the standpoint of a minority, finding value through cognitive scientific understanding and sharing it with others.

Social Adaptation and Self-Redescription

  • Social Mimicry: While feeling awe toward the imagery-based worlds of others, I navigate life through automatic mimicry aligned with linguistic norms.

  • Affirmative Redescription: Through high metacognition, I redefine my traits not as deficits, but as talents or individuality.

  • Knowledge Contribution to Society: Aiming to disseminate knowledge and correct misunderstandings, I embody a unique 'narrative identity' integrated through an intellectual plot.

Summary

A point personally worth noting is that while I may not have a typical 'narrative self,' it seems I possess a different form of 'narrative self.' In that sense, I am also incorporated into the system of the 'narrative self,' but isn't that a bit of a cheat? The system of the 'narrative self' feels like a gluttonous monster that devours everything, making it impossible to even criticize the concept itself.

In Karl Popper's philosophy, claims that lack falsifiability are defined as 'not scientific' (unscientific). If so, should we consider the 'narrative self' to be unscientific as well? (Actually, I personally feel that the mechanism of the human self itself cannot be scientific, so in that sense, I am not particularly surprised that the 'narrative self' is unscientific).

5. Other related note articles

  1. Recording the fact that psychologist Professor Dan McAdams denied the humanity and personality of an actual individual based on his own specialized system of the 'narrative self.'
    The outcome of psychologist Professor McAdams, who abused his specialty, the 'narrative self,' to deny a person's character

  2. Touching upon the sense of incongruity I personally felt toward the widely known claim of the 'narrative self' (narrative identity). Furthermore, as an aside, I introduce the case of a prominent scholar who denied the personality of a human without a 'narrative self.'
    'Life is a story, and the self is the entity that follows that story.' Huh?

  3. A discussion on whether the self is the experience of a continuous story or the act of living in the present.
    Exploring my Aphantasia and SDAM through Strawson's theory