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Jean-François Bonnefon

@jfbonnefon.bsky.social

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Behavioral Science of AI @ Toulouse School of Economics @tse-fr.eu Director of @iast.fr Chair of Moral AI @ Artificial and Natural Intelligence Toulouse Institute https://jfbonnefon.github.io/ I have a successful life with bipolar disorder

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Jean-François Bonnefon @jfbonnefon.bsky.social · 18d

It's hiring season at @iast.fr!

- 2y research postdoc contract
- Full autonomy, you are your own PI
- Awesome multidisciplinary environment
- All social and behavioral sciences welcome
- Seed funding for projects and workshops
- Gorgeous city in the south of France

www.iast.fr/research-fel...

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Jean-François Bonnefon @jfbonnefon.bsky.social · 1d

Taylor Swift singing about peer review

It's actually sweet
All the time you've spent on me
It's honestly wild
All the effort you've put in
It's actually romantic
Stop talking dirty to me
It sounded nasty, but it
Feels like you're flirting with me

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 1d

I see pieces like this a lot, often w/ a spin of lamenting cultural degeneration, but reading is a LABOR issue, it’s declined because so many people are working overtime or two jobs & employers expect after hours work. France has Earth’s highest reading rate b/c long lunch breaks & labor protections

After Dinner Conversation® @afterdinnerconversation.com · 1d

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Ethan Mollick @emollick.bsky.social · 1d

This is an interesting debate about AI stories between an OpenAI researcher who works on AI writing and one of the greatest living short story writers.

Now that we have machines that can write novel stories, and increasingly very good or moving stories, we need to think more about what that means.

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Jean-François Bonnefon @jfbonnefon.bsky.social · 4d

Very witty, but could also work as the introduction of a social psychology paper from before the replication reform 😅

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 5d

I’m gonna release a bullshit not-peer-reviewed survey that claims “human adults think about squid more than any other animal”, but my sampling was just asking people at the cephalopod conference. Maybe they’ll write me up in the independent lmao.

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Jean-François Bonnefon @jfbonnefon.bsky.social · 6d

🎵 I / am /
too sexy for that grant
too sexy for that grant🎵

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Jean-François Bonnefon @jfbonnefon.bsky.social · 6d

what a playful cover featuring examples of what participants told the AI to do in our ‘delegation to AI can increase dishonest behavior‘ article

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Jean-François Bonnefon @jfbonnefon.bsky.social · 8d

multiple pleiads

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Wim De Neys @wimdeneys.bsky.social · 8d

Paper is now published: www.nature.com/articles/s44...

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Jean-François Bonnefon @jfbonnefon.bsky.social · 10d

I don’t want AI to fix autocorrect mistakes because they have a net positive effect on happiness. For one embarrassing mistake there must be 10 which are actually pretty furry

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Tim Kellogg @timkellogg.me · 10d

please wait like a day or two, i have no real process for remembering who the good accounts are

go.bsky.app/LFAZcGE

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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 11d

We asked people in 17 advanced economies what gives them meaning in life.

Americans were much more likely to mention religion as a source of meaning.
www.pewresearch.org/global/2021/...

The topic of faith, religion and spirituality is also one where some societies notably differ. Outside of the U.S., religion is never one of the top 10 sources of meaning cited – and no more than 5% of any non-American public mention it. In the U.S., however, 15% mention religion or God as a source of meaning, making it the fifth most mentioned topic. For some, the emphasis on religion is about their personal relationship with Jesus: “I follow Jesus so my faith and hope is based on how he plays a role in my life. I don’t rely on any human to benefit my life.” Others note the benefits that come from being part of organized religion, such as camaraderie in a tough time: “My husband just died, so life is not very fulfilling right now. The support of family and friends, church, and his coworkers have helped me find meaning, as well as thinking about the good things we shared.” Evangelical Protestants in the U.S. are much more likely than mainline Protestants to mention faith as a source of meaning – 34% vs. 13%, respectively. Across all U.S. religious groups, those who attend religious services more often are much more likely to cite their religion in their answer than those who are less frequent attendees.

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Jean-François Bonnefon @jfbonnefon.bsky.social · 12d

Haha maybe they ended up in spam too

Jean-François Bonnefon @jfbonnefon.bsky.social · 13d

According to my spam folder, I've been invited to give over 9,000 keynotes and papers this year.

a cartoon character is saying it 's over 9000 !!!

ALT: a cartoon character is saying it 's over 9000 !!!

media.tenor.com

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Jean-François Bonnefon @jfbonnefon.bsky.social · 13d

Being faculty means you are very good at juggling many balls, and then you move on to department chair and you find yourself juggling with an uncertain number of balls in a state of quantum superposition within a field of constantly shifting gravity and you'd better learn to enjoy the challenge

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Mary Elizabeth Sutherland @meharpist.bsky.social · 19d

Would you let AI (LLMs) cheat for you? New work out in @nature.com shows that people are indeed willing to instruct AI in ways that will benefit themselves, despite not being totally honest. Great work by @nckobis.bsky.social and @iyadrahwan.bsky.social et al 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Delegation to artificial intelligence can increase dishonest behaviour - Nature

People cheat more when they delegate tasks to artificial intelligence, and large language models are more likely than humans to comply with unethical instructions—a risk that can be minimized by ...

www.nature.com

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Bennett School of Public Policy, University of Cambridge @bennettschool.cam.ac.uk · 16d

We're excited to be recording our 1st podcast episode for our 5th Crossing Channels series—in partnership with @tse-fr.eu—with host Richard Westcott, guests @jonathancgrant.bsky.social, @jfbonnefon.bsky.social & François Poinas, & our new audio producer.

Launching 6 Oct:
podfollow.com/1539614493

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Jean-François Bonnefon @jfbonnefon.bsky.social · 18d

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Laurence Hunt @lhuntneuro.bsky.social · 18d

If you want some Friday night comedy, just go compare the reactions to this on BlueSky vs LinkedIn.

University of Oxford @ox.ac.uk · 19d

NEW: Oxford will be the first UK university to give all staff and students free ChatGPT Edu access, from this academic year.

ChatGPT Edu is built for education, with enhanced privacy and security.

Graphic from the University of Oxford, featuring an image of a glowing, digital brain with the text: 'Generative AI at Oxford'. Highlights that ChatGPT Edu is now available to all staff and students. Includes a link for more information: ox.ac.uk/gen-ai

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Iyad Rahwan | إياد رهوان @iyadrahwan.bsky.social · 19d

Why AI could make people more likely to lie

Coverage of our recent paper by THe Independent, with nice commentary by @swachter.bsky.social

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

Why AI could make people more likely to lie

A new study has revealed that people feel much more comfortable being deceitful when using AI

www.independent.co.uk

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Charlotte Cavaille @ccavaille.bsky.social · 20d

It is the time of the year when I tell you about my favorite post-doc ever 👇 Unless you are allergic to the French, this one sits up there with the Nuffield postdoc (life style, productivity, interdisciplinary stimulation). Share widely! Apply! #poliscky

www.iast.fr/research-fel...

Research Fellowships

Each year, IAST invites applications for post-doctoral Research Fellowships, which offer candidates an opportunity to devote themselves full-time to their research at the start of their careers. Fello...

www.iast.fr

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Jean-François Bonnefon @jfbonnefon.bsky.social · 20d

It's publication day! Check out this thread for a summary of our new paper

❝Delegation to AI can increase unethical behaviour❞

Lots of love and labor got into this paper and I'm thrilled to see it out in the wild today

Iyad Rahwan | إياد رهوان @iyadrahwan.bsky.social · 21d

Would you let AI cheat for you?

Our new paper in @nature.com, 5 years in the making, is out today.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Jean-François Bonnefon @jfbonnefon.bsky.social · 21d

Well, you're missing out on a lot of amazing stuff but I've learned not to argue about this, because the sea-lioning is exhausting

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Jean-François Bonnefon @jfbonnefon.bsky.social · 22d

Fascinating, thank you!

Jean-François Bonnefon @jfbonnefon.bsky.social · 22d

Has anyone ever designed a whole prolific study as a phishing attack?