Scott Claessens
@scottclaessens.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Kent, interested in cultural evolution, cooperation, and moral psychology with a focus on artificial intelligence.
Check out our new pre-print on negative perceptions of outsourcing to AI!
🚨New Preprint Alert! 🚨
How do people perceive those who outsource tasks to AI – especially in deeply human domains like relationships?
In a new preprint led by my PostDoc Scott Claessens and PhD student Pierce Veitch, we explore this.
How do people perceive those who outsource tasks to AI – especially in deeply human domains like relationships?
In a new preprint led by my PostDoc Scott Claessens and PhD student Pierce Veitch, we explore this.
May 1, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Check out our new pre-print on negative perceptions of outsourcing to AI!
Causal inference question!
We want to know whether there is a causal path from X --> Y. However, both variables likely share unobserved confounds (U). We have developed an experimental manipulation that directly influences X (Z --> X) but not Y (Z ⫫ Y). Can we use Z as an instrumental variable?
We want to know whether there is a causal path from X --> Y. However, both variables likely share unobserved confounds (U). We have developed an experimental manipulation that directly influences X (Z --> X) but not Y (Z ⫫ Y). Can we use Z as an instrumental variable?
May 1, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Causal inference question!
We want to know whether there is a causal path from X --> Y. However, both variables likely share unobserved confounds (U). We have developed an experimental manipulation that directly influences X (Z --> X) but not Y (Z ⫫ Y). Can we use Z as an instrumental variable?
We want to know whether there is a causal path from X --> Y. However, both variables likely share unobserved confounds (U). We have developed an experimental manipulation that directly influences X (Z --> X) but not Y (Z ⫫ Y). Can we use Z as an instrumental variable?
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There is a lot of hype about AI and empathy, but what role do we really want AI to play in enhancing empathy? 🤖 Here, Ethan Landes and I argue that AI should only develop human empathy as a tool for moral growth, not replace it 👇
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April 24, 2025 at 11:12 AM
There is a lot of hype about AI and empathy, but what role do we really want AI to play in enhancing empathy? 🤖 Here, Ethan Landes and I argue that AI should only develop human empathy as a tool for moral growth, not replace it 👇
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Hi new friends! It's great to see the wave of people moving over from the Other Place.
I recently started a postdoc at the University of Kent looking at the moral psychology of AI. I'm also interested in cultural evolution, politics, and cooperation. Hoping to share some cool research soon!
I recently started a postdoc at the University of Kent looking at the moral psychology of AI. I'm also interested in cultural evolution, politics, and cooperation. Hoping to share some cool research soon!
October 18, 2024 at 9:15 AM
Hi new friends! It's great to see the wave of people moving over from the Other Place.
I recently started a postdoc at the University of Kent looking at the moral psychology of AI. I'm also interested in cultural evolution, politics, and cooperation. Hoping to share some cool research soon!
I recently started a postdoc at the University of Kent looking at the moral psychology of AI. I'm also interested in cultural evolution, politics, and cooperation. Hoping to share some cool research soon!
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We’re excited to announce that Nature Reviews Psychology is now on Bluesky! Please help spread the word by following us and reposting.
#PsychSciSky #Psychology #socialpsyc #cogpsyc #ClinPsych #devpsy
#PsychSciSky #Psychology #socialpsyc #cogpsyc #ClinPsych #devpsy
January 11, 2024 at 6:49 PM
We’re excited to announce that Nature Reviews Psychology is now on Bluesky! Please help spread the word by following us and reposting.
#PsychSciSky #Psychology #socialpsyc #cogpsyc #ClinPsych #devpsy
#PsychSciSky #Psychology #socialpsyc #cogpsyc #ClinPsych #devpsy
Excited to share this new preprint, a collaboration with Nichola Raihani and Quentin Atkinson.
What motivates people to punish others? We find that while many people choose not to punish, those who do punish are motivated by egalitarianism rather than deterrence or norm-enforcement.
What motivates people to punish others? We find that while many people choose not to punish, those who do punish are motivated by egalitarianism rather than deterrence or norm-enforcement.
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January 8, 2024 at 9:23 PM
Excited to share this new preprint, a collaboration with Nichola Raihani and Quentin Atkinson.
What motivates people to punish others? We find that while many people choose not to punish, those who do punish are motivated by egalitarianism rather than deterrence or norm-enforcement.
What motivates people to punish others? We find that while many people choose not to punish, those who do punish are motivated by egalitarianism rather than deterrence or norm-enforcement.
I can confirm that these guys are doing awesome work here in Auckland!
Come join us as a postdoc in Auckland! It's a great city and department. Feel free to reach out if you have questions (I am a current postdoc in the lab)
hi #psychscisky #neuroskyence I will be hiring a postdoc in 2024, to work on auditory perception here in Auckland NZ 🇳🇿
info about the lab at themusiclab.org
apply at tinyurl.com/musiclab-pos...
info about the lab at themusiclab.org
apply at tinyurl.com/musiclab-pos...
January 8, 2024 at 9:12 PM
I can confirm that these guys are doing awesome work here in Auckland!
Now I'm here, I may as well plug our new paper on the non-independence of nations! 🌏
So happy for this to finally be published open-access at Nature Communications. Worth a read if you're thinking of including any cross-national analyses in your next project!
So happy for this to finally be published open-access at Nature Communications. Worth a read if you're thinking of including any cross-national analyses in your next project!
Cross-national analyses require additional controls to account for the non-independence of nations -...
Nations are connected in many ways, yet cross-national analyses often assume they are independent. Here, the authors show that previous studies may not have sufficiently accounted for this non-indepen...
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September 21, 2023 at 10:05 PM
Now I'm here, I may as well plug our new paper on the non-independence of nations! 🌏
So happy for this to finally be published open-access at Nature Communications. Worth a read if you're thinking of including any cross-national analyses in your next project!
So happy for this to finally be published open-access at Nature Communications. Worth a read if you're thinking of including any cross-national analyses in your next project!
My first post on Bluesky! Happy to have finally moved here from the other place. Let's hope this is more successful than the Mastodon migration.
September 21, 2023 at 10:00 PM
My first post on Bluesky! Happy to have finally moved here from the other place. Let's hope this is more successful than the Mastodon migration.