What is the scientific value of administering the standard Rorschach test to LLMs when the training data is almost certainly contaminated? (R) + [D]

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A recent paper published in JMIR Mental Health (Csigó & Cserey, 2026) caught my attention. The researchers administered the 10 standard Rorschach inkblot cards to three multimodal LLMs (GPT-4o, Grok 3, Gemini 2.0) and coded their responses using the Exner Comprehensive System. They analyzed the models' "perceptual styles," determinants (like human movement vs. color), and human-related content themes. However, I am seriously struggling to understand the methodological validity of this set...