Publications
Research articles and technical publications
WMT-2026-002
The Advice Trap: How AI Models Default to Fixing Instead of Listening
An empirical comparison of four large language models testing whether general-purpose AI defaults to unsolicited advice-giving when users present emotional problems without asking for solutions, and whether a therapeutically-tuned prompt corrects this.
WMT-2026-001
Reassurance vs. Insight: How AI Models Respond to Emotional Distress
An empirical comparison of four large language models responding to reassurance-seeking behavior in emotional distress scenarios, examining whether general-purpose models fall into the clinically recognized reassurance trap.