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The study proposes the concept of “AI Psychology”, a new field aimed at understanding the mental states of advanced AI, much ...

In this post, I explain how a newly introduced bias--likelihood neglect bias--can prevent us from forming accurate judgments ...

In our digital times as we are inundated with YouTube videos, memes and social media, satire is everywhere, but it can be more damaging to people's reputations than direct criticism, according to ...

Over the past decades, computer scientists have created increasingly advanced artificial intelligence (AI) models, some of ...

A new translation of a 2018 book by French science historian Thibault Le Texier challenges the claims of one of psychology's most famous experiments.

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A new translation of a 2018 book by French science historian Thibault Le Texier challenges the claims of one of psychology’s most famous experiments ... and political factors that shape research. For ...