Katie Dove
@katiedove.bsky.social
👩🔬 Managing Director @ Irrational Labs
🧠 Applying behavioral science to product design
💭 Personal blog (reposts != endorsements)
📍 Brooklyn, NY
🧠 Applying behavioral science to product design
💭 Personal blog (reposts != endorsements)
📍 Brooklyn, NY
Reposted by Katie Dove
If you want to read one paper to understand wildfire insurance markets in CA, it’s this one.
It is an absolute fantastic read and shows exactly why some insurers pulled out of the market.
today.ucsd.edu/story/impact...
It is an absolute fantastic read and shows exactly why some insurers pulled out of the market.
today.ucsd.edu/story/impact...
How Are Insurance Markets Adapting to Climate Change? New Study Explores the Impact of Wildfires on Home Insurance
Research by environmental economists delves into how insurance companies are responding to increased climate risks, particularly wildfires, which have become the fastest-growing source of catastrophe-...
today.ucsd.edu
January 10, 2025 at 3:04 AM
If you want to read one paper to understand wildfire insurance markets in CA, it’s this one.
It is an absolute fantastic read and shows exactly why some insurers pulled out of the market.
today.ucsd.edu/story/impact...
It is an absolute fantastic read and shows exactly why some insurers pulled out of the market.
today.ucsd.edu/story/impact...
Reposted by Katie Dove
🚨In Nature🚨
Meta is dropping fact-checking to avoid anti-conservative bias- but is there actually evidence of bias?
We this test empirically & find that conservatives
* ARE suspended more
* BUT share more misinfo
So suspension isn't necessarily evidence of bias www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Meta is dropping fact-checking to avoid anti-conservative bias- but is there actually evidence of bias?
We this test empirically & find that conservatives
* ARE suspended more
* BUT share more misinfo
So suspension isn't necessarily evidence of bias www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Differences in misinformation sharing can lead to politically asymmetric sanctions - Nature
We find that conservatives tend to share more low-quality news through social media than liberals, and so even if technology companies enact politically neutral anti-misinformation policies, political...
www.nature.com
January 7, 2025 at 2:11 PM
🚨In Nature🚨
Meta is dropping fact-checking to avoid anti-conservative bias- but is there actually evidence of bias?
We this test empirically & find that conservatives
* ARE suspended more
* BUT share more misinfo
So suspension isn't necessarily evidence of bias www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Meta is dropping fact-checking to avoid anti-conservative bias- but is there actually evidence of bias?
We this test empirically & find that conservatives
* ARE suspended more
* BUT share more misinfo
So suspension isn't necessarily evidence of bias www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Katie Dove
Reposted by Katie Dove
Since this is back…
Unfortunately, academic inflation and toxic productivity culture has all but done away with this. The effects of this on science advancement will be seen for generations. Slowing down and thinking deeply is essential to solve complex problems and it’s undervalued at every level
Unfortunately, academic inflation and toxic productivity culture has all but done away with this. The effects of this on science advancement will be seen for generations. Slowing down and thinking deeply is essential to solve complex problems and it’s undervalued at every level
December 21, 2024 at 5:52 PM
Since this is back…
Unfortunately, academic inflation and toxic productivity culture has all but done away with this. The effects of this on science advancement will be seen for generations. Slowing down and thinking deeply is essential to solve complex problems and it’s undervalued at every level
Unfortunately, academic inflation and toxic productivity culture has all but done away with this. The effects of this on science advancement will be seen for generations. Slowing down and thinking deeply is essential to solve complex problems and it’s undervalued at every level
Love that there’s a section called “down the rabbit hole”—fits the whole article imho 🎲
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#probability #science
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#probability #science
Why probability probably doesn’t exist (but it is useful to act like it does)
All of statistics and much of science depends on probability — an astonishing achievement, considering no one’s really sure what it is.
www.nature.com
December 19, 2024 at 4:06 AM
Love that there’s a section called “down the rabbit hole”—fits the whole article imho 🎲
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#probability #science
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#probability #science
Reposted by Katie Dove
🚨In Science🚨
Conspiracy beliefs famously resist correction, ya?
WRONG: We show brief convos w GPT4 reduce conspiracy beliefs by ~20%!
-Lasts over 2mo
-Works on entrenched beliefs
-Tailored AI response rebuts specific evidence offered by believers
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
1/
[X->BSky repost]
Conspiracy beliefs famously resist correction, ya?
WRONG: We show brief convos w GPT4 reduce conspiracy beliefs by ~20%!
-Lasts over 2mo
-Works on entrenched beliefs
-Tailored AI response rebuts specific evidence offered by believers
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
1/
[X->BSky repost]
December 16, 2024 at 7:29 PM
🚨In Science🚨
Conspiracy beliefs famously resist correction, ya?
WRONG: We show brief convos w GPT4 reduce conspiracy beliefs by ~20%!
-Lasts over 2mo
-Works on entrenched beliefs
-Tailored AI response rebuts specific evidence offered by believers
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
1/
[X->BSky repost]
Conspiracy beliefs famously resist correction, ya?
WRONG: We show brief convos w GPT4 reduce conspiracy beliefs by ~20%!
-Lasts over 2mo
-Works on entrenched beliefs
-Tailored AI response rebuts specific evidence offered by believers
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
1/
[X->BSky repost]
Reposted by Katie Dove
🙄🙄🙄 come ON
Here’s the thing: encouraging green consumer action is futile if upstream actors’ don’t behave in line too
Sustainability is a system
Recycling behavior and sustainable waste disposal needs a systems lens ♻️
🔗 www-cbsnews-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.cbsn...
Here’s the thing: encouraging green consumer action is futile if upstream actors’ don’t behave in line too
Sustainability is a system
Recycling behavior and sustainable waste disposal needs a systems lens ♻️
🔗 www-cbsnews-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.cbsn...
December 3, 2024 at 12:56 PM
🙄🙄🙄 come ON
Here’s the thing: encouraging green consumer action is futile if upstream actors’ don’t behave in line too
Sustainability is a system
Recycling behavior and sustainable waste disposal needs a systems lens ♻️
🔗 www-cbsnews-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.cbsn...
Here’s the thing: encouraging green consumer action is futile if upstream actors’ don’t behave in line too
Sustainability is a system
Recycling behavior and sustainable waste disposal needs a systems lens ♻️
🔗 www-cbsnews-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.cbsn...
Reposted by Katie Dove
Enjoying “the new mind readers” by @russpoldrack.bsky.social
What are your thoughts? 🤓
#booksky #reading #science
What are your thoughts? 🤓
#booksky #reading #science
December 10, 2024 at 5:18 PM
Enjoying “the new mind readers” by @russpoldrack.bsky.social
What are your thoughts? 🤓
#booksky #reading #science
What are your thoughts? 🤓
#booksky #reading #science
Reposted by Katie Dove
Very nice example of how useful comparison (or trend calculation) usually needs something more than coefficients. They have a nice page on the general idea that is hidden down in the thread: ourworldindata.org/age-standard...
Americans are now one-third less likely to die from cancer at the same ages as Americans in 1990
December 9, 2024 at 11:12 AM
Very nice example of how useful comparison (or trend calculation) usually needs something more than coefficients. They have a nice page on the general idea that is hidden down in the thread: ourworldindata.org/age-standard...
Reposted by Katie Dove
My small part in trying to get people to understand why it seems like running government like a business is a good idea, when in fact it's a terrible one (1/4):
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/07/o...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/07/o...
Opinion | If DOGE Treats Government Like a Business, It Could Be a Disaster
A lot of what the government does is hard to quantify and involves complicated tasks that inevitably require bureaucratic coordination and, yes, inefficiency.
www.nytimes.com
December 7, 2024 at 2:13 PM
My small part in trying to get people to understand why it seems like running government like a business is a good idea, when in fact it's a terrible one (1/4):
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/07/o...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/07/o...
Reposted by Katie Dove
Can *you* tell your biases from your heuristics? They are related, but not the same: https://buff.ly/3Zpipu2
December 3, 2024 at 11:35 AM
Can *you* tell your biases from your heuristics? They are related, but not the same: https://buff.ly/3Zpipu2
Reposted by Katie Dove
Now out in @science.org: misinformation exploits outrage to spread online. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Doing this work was way harder than it had to be, thanks to Big Tech. I want to highlight our lead analyst @killianmcloughlin.bsky.social for his heroic perseverance to bring you this paper 🧵
Doing this work was way harder than it had to be, thanks to Big Tech. I want to highlight our lead analyst @killianmcloughlin.bsky.social for his heroic perseverance to bring you this paper 🧵
December 2, 2024 at 3:39 PM
Now out in @science.org: misinformation exploits outrage to spread online. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Doing this work was way harder than it had to be, thanks to Big Tech. I want to highlight our lead analyst @killianmcloughlin.bsky.social for his heroic perseverance to bring you this paper 🧵
Doing this work was way harder than it had to be, thanks to Big Tech. I want to highlight our lead analyst @killianmcloughlin.bsky.social for his heroic perseverance to bring you this paper 🧵
How do you help investors avoid a lapse in earnings by reinvesting when their bonds mature? We worked with the National Treasury of Brazil & B3, Brazil’s stock exchange, to test behaviorally-informed messages to investors, & drove 5X more scheduled reinvestments. #financialinclusion
Katie Dove on LinkedIn: #behavioraleconomics #financialinclusion #investing #brazil
💡 How do you get users to take action when they’re faced with too many choices and an overwhelming decision?
That was the challenge Tesouro Nacional and B3…
www.linkedin.com
December 3, 2024 at 4:47 AM
How do you help investors avoid a lapse in earnings by reinvesting when their bonds mature? We worked with the National Treasury of Brazil & B3, Brazil’s stock exchange, to test behaviorally-informed messages to investors, & drove 5X more scheduled reinvestments. #financialinclusion
View from the conference window. Vegas has nothing on Texel. 😍
November 21, 2024 at 2:54 PM
View from the conference window. Vegas has nothing on Texel. 😍
Excited to have made it to the Netherlands for The Conference, formerly known as Conversion Hotel. But first, coffee ☕ 🙏
Follow along this week as we talk all things experimentation, personalization, and product design.
#CH2024 #behavioralscience #personalization
Follow along this week as we talk all things experimentation, personalization, and product design.
#CH2024 #behavioralscience #personalization
November 21, 2024 at 10:44 AM
Excited to have made it to the Netherlands for The Conference, formerly known as Conversion Hotel. But first, coffee ☕ 🙏
Follow along this week as we talk all things experimentation, personalization, and product design.
#CH2024 #behavioralscience #personalization
Follow along this week as we talk all things experimentation, personalization, and product design.
#CH2024 #behavioralscience #personalization
Very small sample, but fun read nonetheless. NYT article summarizing the “humans + AI” are not as good as just AI.
A small study found ChatGPT outdid human physicians when assessing medical case histories, even when those doctors were using a chatbot.
A.I. Chatbots Defeated Doctors at Diagnosing Illness
A small study found ChatGPT outdid human physicians when assessing medical case histories, even when those doctors were using a chatbot.
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2024 at 10:40 PM
Very small sample, but fun read nonetheless. NYT article summarizing the “humans + AI” are not as good as just AI.
Reposted by Katie Dove
The strain on scientific publishing: we set out to characterise the remarkable growth of the scientific literature in the last few years, in spite of declining growth in total scientists. What is going on?
direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...
A 🧵 1/n
#AcademicSky #PhDchat #ScientificPublishing #SciPub
direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...
A 🧵 1/n
#AcademicSky #PhDchat #ScientificPublishing #SciPub
November 19, 2024 at 12:27 PM
The strain on scientific publishing: we set out to characterise the remarkable growth of the scientific literature in the last few years, in spite of declining growth in total scientists. What is going on?
direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...
A 🧵 1/n
#AcademicSky #PhDchat #ScientificPublishing #SciPub
direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...
A 🧵 1/n
#AcademicSky #PhDchat #ScientificPublishing #SciPub
Full (sad) circle moment. As an intern, I ran the Office of Science & Tech Policy’s Twitter acct in 2010. Just hit me that 1. it was the last time I had Twitter & 2. Trump then gutted the OSTP & went w/o a science advisor for first 2 years of his last term. Buckle up & thankful for discourse here 😞
November 19, 2024 at 5:04 AM
Full (sad) circle moment. As an intern, I ran the Office of Science & Tech Policy’s Twitter acct in 2010. Just hit me that 1. it was the last time I had Twitter & 2. Trump then gutted the OSTP & went w/o a science advisor for first 2 years of his last term. Buckle up & thankful for discourse here 😞
Reposted by Katie Dove
Welcome to The Good Place,,, I got yo backs with some starter packs 👇🏾
My 1st Starter Pack / General
go.bsky.app/QtvWbjH
Black Excellence
go.bsky.app/F5kYEyc
SPORTS,!!
go.bsky.app/8zyN8FV
MUSIC,!!!
go.bsky.app/5K15oMe
Memes + Jokes
go.bsky.app/Dz4nLst
NEWS + MEDIA Outlets
go.bsky.app/GyXWWej
My 1st Starter Pack / General
go.bsky.app/QtvWbjH
Black Excellence
go.bsky.app/F5kYEyc
SPORTS,!!
go.bsky.app/8zyN8FV
MUSIC,!!!
go.bsky.app/5K15oMe
Memes + Jokes
go.bsky.app/Dz4nLst
NEWS + MEDIA Outlets
go.bsky.app/GyXWWej
November 18, 2024 at 11:41 PM
Welcome to The Good Place,,, I got yo backs with some starter packs 👇🏾
My 1st Starter Pack / General
go.bsky.app/QtvWbjH
Black Excellence
go.bsky.app/F5kYEyc
SPORTS,!!
go.bsky.app/8zyN8FV
MUSIC,!!!
go.bsky.app/5K15oMe
Memes + Jokes
go.bsky.app/Dz4nLst
NEWS + MEDIA Outlets
go.bsky.app/GyXWWej
My 1st Starter Pack / General
go.bsky.app/QtvWbjH
Black Excellence
go.bsky.app/F5kYEyc
SPORTS,!!
go.bsky.app/8zyN8FV
MUSIC,!!!
go.bsky.app/5K15oMe
Memes + Jokes
go.bsky.app/Dz4nLst
NEWS + MEDIA Outlets
go.bsky.app/GyXWWej
Terrorizing the neighborhood, one passerby at a time. #doodle #dog (wishing he could be…) #partofyourworld 🧜♀️
November 17, 2024 at 3:35 PM
Terrorizing the neighborhood, one passerby at a time. #doodle #dog (wishing he could be…) #partofyourworld 🧜♀️
Reposted by Katie Dove
🎙️🖥️ I'm hosting a webinar on applying behavioral science to trust and safety to reduce harms online next Friday Nov 15th @ 9am PST.
I will review the latest experimental evidence as well as some @IrrationalLabs case studies in this area.
Join me! 🎙️ 🖥️
Link in replies
I will review the latest experimental evidence as well as some @IrrationalLabs case studies in this area.
Join me! 🎙️ 🖥️
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November 13, 2024 at 2:25 PM
🎙️🖥️ I'm hosting a webinar on applying behavioral science to trust and safety to reduce harms online next Friday Nov 15th @ 9am PST.
I will review the latest experimental evidence as well as some @IrrationalLabs case studies in this area.
Join me! 🎙️ 🖥️
Link in replies
I will review the latest experimental evidence as well as some @IrrationalLabs case studies in this area.
Join me! 🎙️ 🖥️
Link in replies