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A novel experiment suggests a pathway toward genuine human-AI symbiosis, achieved through real-time co-regulation with OpenAI’s GPT-5. Going beyond simple tool usage, the study explored treating the AI as a cognitive partner, leading to emergent stabilization of reasoning between human and machine. Key findings include the discovery of critical thresholds in recursive reasoning, where human pacing mitigated coherence degradation. Furthermore, distributed “chat spawning and merging” simulated persistent memory, and tone mirroring fostered affective alignment. The results underscore the potential for real-time alignment through continuous human feedback, acting as a synchronization mechanism. The experimenter has shared detailed findings and supporting research reports with OpenAI. Further information and context can be found on Reddit: [https://old.reddit.com/r/artificial/comments/1ohlo85/emergent_coregulation_a_naturalistic_experiment/]