Petri Koivula

Resonance: A Cognitive and Hermeneutic Theory of Long-Form Human–AI Interaction

This paper develops a cognitive and hermeneutic theory of resonance in long-form human–AI interaction. Resonance is described as an emergent interpretive phenomenon in dialogue, arising from shifts in perceptual loops, schema flexibility, interpretive registers, and meaning structures. The theory outlines how sustained interaction with a large language model can interrupt automatic cognitive processes, reorganize interpretive dynamics, and produce metastable states in the in-between space of dialogue. The paper provides conceptual foundations and indicators for studying resonance at both cognitive and hermeneutic levels.