# Paper finds AI models are shaped by visual symbols they do not acknowledge

> Original title: AI semiotics: cool paper suggests that AIs are strongly impacted by visual symbols in ways they do not always recognize in their own chai...

- Source: Ethan Mollick
- Published: 2026-11-04T16:08:32.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/k4thiejewh0gm4j3af7qswjwb
- Original: https://x.com/emollick/status/2118012530215854477

## Summary

A paper on arXiv says AI models are strongly influenced by visual symbols, often without recognizing that influence in their own chains of thought. The authors report that models react to these symbols differently than humans would interpret them.

## Post

AI semiotics: cool paper suggests that AIs are strongly impacted by visual symbols in ways they do not always recognize in their own chains-of-thought. The way they react to those symbols is very different than how a human might interpret them as well. https://arxiv.org/pdf/2610.36449v1

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