Maciej Kościelniak
@m-koscielniak.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at SWPS University. Social psychologist and researcher specializing in Human-AI interaction, academic ethics, and aging. A firm believer in the power of dialogue.
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Maciej-Koscielniak
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Maciej-Koscielniak
“Grateful Hearts, Lighter Wallets” is the title of a new paper I co‑authored.
Curious how feeling thankful for what you have can actually reduce the desire for money? The two really are linked: doi.org/10.1002/ejsp...
Curious how feeling thankful for what you have can actually reduce the desire for money? The two really are linked: doi.org/10.1002/ejsp...
January 28, 2026 at 10:12 AM
“Grateful Hearts, Lighter Wallets” is the title of a new paper I co‑authored.
Curious how feeling thankful for what you have can actually reduce the desire for money? The two really are linked: doi.org/10.1002/ejsp...
Curious how feeling thankful for what you have can actually reduce the desire for money? The two really are linked: doi.org/10.1002/ejsp...
A simple ambient‑pop song I prompted and arranged with AI. Never thought I’d be making things like this—technology really does surprise :)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9An...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9An...
Lost in Translation
YouTube video by Maciej Kościelniak
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January 28, 2026 at 12:55 AM
A simple ambient‑pop song I prompted and arranged with AI. Never thought I’d be making things like this—technology really does surprise :)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9An...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9An...
Reposted by Maciej Kościelniak
Airlines will not show this to prevent walkouts.
January 27, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Airlines will not show this to prevent walkouts.
Universities are in an AI panic—but psychology shows we’ve already been here before...
My theoretical review maps 10 key ways GenAI can help or harm students’ minds, motivation, and ethics:
www.qeios.com/read/X1ITSS
My theoretical review maps 10 key ways GenAI can help or harm students’ minds, motivation, and ethics:
www.qeios.com/read/X1ITSS
The Psychology of Generative AI in Higher Education: Mapping Benefits and Risks
In this review, we discuss the psychological aspects of using generative AI and Large Language Models (LLMs) in higher education. Although these technologies may appear unprecedented, we argue that th...
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January 27, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Universities are in an AI panic—but psychology shows we’ve already been here before...
My theoretical review maps 10 key ways GenAI can help or harm students’ minds, motivation, and ethics:
www.qeios.com/read/X1ITSS
My theoretical review maps 10 key ways GenAI can help or harm students’ minds, motivation, and ethics:
www.qeios.com/read/X1ITSS
People don’t just fear “AI” in general—they fear how it works. A 2023 paper shows five key barriers: AI seems opaque, emotionless, rigid, too autonomous, and “not on our side.”
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
January 27, 2026 at 10:33 PM
People don’t just fear “AI” in general—they fear how it works. A 2023 paper shows five key barriers: AI seems opaque, emotionless, rigid, too autonomous, and “not on our side.”
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Are religiosity and trust in ChatGPT related?
Thinking about God can make us less sure humans know best—and more open to AI’s guidance.
Explore how humility about human limits reshapes decision-making:
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Thinking about God can make us less sure humans know best—and more open to AI’s guidance.
Explore how humility about human limits reshapes decision-making:
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
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January 27, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Are religiosity and trust in ChatGPT related?
Thinking about God can make us less sure humans know best—and more open to AI’s guidance.
Explore how humility about human limits reshapes decision-making:
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Thinking about God can make us less sure humans know best—and more open to AI’s guidance.
Explore how humility about human limits reshapes decision-making:
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
AI mirrors human stereotypes and prejudice.
2024 Nature study reveals language models covertly bias against African American English speakers, assigning them low jobs & harsher sentences—worse than explicit stereotypes. Even "debaised" AIs hide prejudice.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
2024 Nature study reveals language models covertly bias against African American English speakers, assigning them low jobs & harsher sentences—worse than explicit stereotypes. Even "debaised" AIs hide prejudice.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
AI generates covertly racist decisions about people based on their dialect - Nature
Despite efforts to remove overt racial prejudice, language models using artificial intelligence still show covert racism against speakers of African American English that is triggered by features...
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January 26, 2026 at 7:52 PM
AI mirrors human stereotypes and prejudice.
2024 Nature study reveals language models covertly bias against African American English speakers, assigning them low jobs & harsher sentences—worse than explicit stereotypes. Even "debaised" AIs hide prejudice.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
2024 Nature study reveals language models covertly bias against African American English speakers, assigning them low jobs & harsher sentences—worse than explicit stereotypes. Even "debaised" AIs hide prejudice.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
News from Hungary:
Right‑wing contempt for Roma echoes Nazi racism that branded them “undesirable” and fit only for menial labor. Treating Roma as toilet cleaners repeats a hierarchy of “pure” vs “degenerate” peoples that once justified persecution and genocide.
tvpworld.com/91253355/jno...
Right‑wing contempt for Roma echoes Nazi racism that branded them “undesirable” and fit only for menial labor. Treating Roma as toilet cleaners repeats a hierarchy of “pure” vs “degenerate” peoples that once justified persecution and genocide.
tvpworld.com/91253355/jno...
‘Roma should clean toilets’: Hungaraian minister sparks fury
János Lázár, of the ruling Fidesz party, made the comments at an election campaign event.
tvpworld.com
January 26, 2026 at 7:48 PM
News from Hungary:
Right‑wing contempt for Roma echoes Nazi racism that branded them “undesirable” and fit only for menial labor. Treating Roma as toilet cleaners repeats a hierarchy of “pure” vs “degenerate” peoples that once justified persecution and genocide.
tvpworld.com/91253355/jno...
Right‑wing contempt for Roma echoes Nazi racism that branded them “undesirable” and fit only for menial labor. Treating Roma as toilet cleaners repeats a hierarchy of “pure” vs “degenerate” peoples that once justified persecution and genocide.
tvpworld.com/91253355/jno...
Reposted by Maciej Kościelniak
The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.
January 25, 2026 at 5:39 PM
The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.
Polish MEP Dominik Tarczyński reacted to the ICE killing in Minneapolis with “Good Job ICE! FAFO.”
This is not "law and order" (his party's name), it is cheering on a killing, stripping a human being of dignity.
It simply stains Poland’s name. Shame on the voters of this politician.
This is not "law and order" (his party's name), it is cheering on a killing, stripping a human being of dignity.
It simply stains Poland’s name. Shame on the voters of this politician.
January 25, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Polish MEP Dominik Tarczyński reacted to the ICE killing in Minneapolis with “Good Job ICE! FAFO.”
This is not "law and order" (his party's name), it is cheering on a killing, stripping a human being of dignity.
It simply stains Poland’s name. Shame on the voters of this politician.
This is not "law and order" (his party's name), it is cheering on a killing, stripping a human being of dignity.
It simply stains Poland’s name. Shame on the voters of this politician.
When lies dress up as “truth,” they don’t just mislead us—they change who we stand with and who we turn against.
Read how PROPAGANDA shapes hearts and minds, and how to resist it: www.frontiersin.org/articles/10....
Read how PROPAGANDA shapes hearts and minds, and how to resist it: www.frontiersin.org/articles/10....
Frontiers | Assessing inoculation’s effectiveness in motivating resistance to conspiracy propaganda in Finnish and United States samples
This study tested the motivational power of inoculation to foster resistance to conspiracy propaganda (9/11 Truth Movement), comparing inoculation effects ac...
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January 25, 2026 at 6:50 PM
When lies dress up as “truth,” they don’t just mislead us—they change who we stand with and who we turn against.
Read how PROPAGANDA shapes hearts and minds, and how to resist it: www.frontiersin.org/articles/10....
Read how PROPAGANDA shapes hearts and minds, and how to resist it: www.frontiersin.org/articles/10....
Something you didn't know about the social consequences of COVID-19...
Our @PLOSONE study found that masks and empty stores didn't just change health—they changed honesty. Fewer witnesses meant more kept change. Social cues are the backbone of ethics. 🛒⚖️
Read: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Our @PLOSONE study found that masks and empty stores didn't just change health—they changed honesty. Fewer witnesses meant more kept change. Social cues are the backbone of ethics. 🛒⚖️
Read: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
COVID-19 masks and limited number of shoppers as determinants of shop assistants’ (dis)honesty
Previous laboratory and field studies have demonstrated that the dishonesty of commercial transaction participants may depend on subtle cues. In this field study conducted on a sample of 216 shop assi...
journals.plos.org
January 25, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Something you didn't know about the social consequences of COVID-19...
Our @PLOSONE study found that masks and empty stores didn't just change health—they changed honesty. Fewer witnesses meant more kept change. Social cues are the backbone of ethics. 🛒⚖️
Read: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Our @PLOSONE study found that masks and empty stores didn't just change health—they changed honesty. Fewer witnesses meant more kept change. Social cues are the backbone of ethics. 🛒⚖️
Read: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Does AI change how we act?
A 2025 study in PNAS reveals the "AI Assessment Effect": when people know an AI is evaluating them, they strategically suppress emotion to appear more "analytical"—even without being told to. 🧠📉
Read: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
A 2025 study in PNAS reveals the "AI Assessment Effect": when people know an AI is evaluating them, they strategically suppress emotion to appear more "analytical"—even without being told to. 🧠📉
Read: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
AI assessment changes human behavior | PNAS
AI is increasingly replacing human decision-makers across domains. AI-based tools
have become particularly common in assessment decisions, such as ...
www.pnas.org
January 25, 2026 at 12:04 AM
Does AI change how we act?
A 2025 study in PNAS reveals the "AI Assessment Effect": when people know an AI is evaluating them, they strategically suppress emotion to appear more "analytical"—even without being told to. 🧠📉
Read: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
A 2025 study in PNAS reveals the "AI Assessment Effect": when people know an AI is evaluating them, they strategically suppress emotion to appear more "analytical"—even without being told to. 🧠📉
Read: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
In 2025, Gaza lost up to 1.43% of its population to Israeli aggression (20-30K civilians). Ukraine: <0.01% (2.5K civilians).
World condemns Russia/Putin: rightly so. Protests vs Israeli genocide? Barely audible. Why? Small country, no oil, no minerals.
Shame on you, world.
World condemns Russia/Putin: rightly so. Protests vs Israeli genocide? Barely audible. Why? Small country, no oil, no minerals.
Shame on you, world.
January 24, 2026 at 12:04 AM
In 2025, Gaza lost up to 1.43% of its population to Israeli aggression (20-30K civilians). Ukraine: <0.01% (2.5K civilians).
World condemns Russia/Putin: rightly so. Protests vs Israeli genocide? Barely audible. Why? Small country, no oil, no minerals.
Shame on you, world.
World condemns Russia/Putin: rightly so. Protests vs Israeli genocide? Barely audible. Why? Small country, no oil, no minerals.
Shame on you, world.
Trump’s support has dropped sharply over the past year.
Are Americans finally waking up to the absurdity?
Sadly not — the chart says it all. Just normal post-election dynamics. More years ahead with Mr. Trump...
www.economist.com/interactive/...
Are Americans finally waking up to the absurdity?
Sadly not — the chart says it all. Just normal post-election dynamics. More years ahead with Mr. Trump...
www.economist.com/interactive/...
Donald Trump’s approval rating
Follow our presidential approval rating poll tracker to see how favourably Americans view Mr Trump
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January 23, 2026 at 11:54 PM
Trump’s support has dropped sharply over the past year.
Are Americans finally waking up to the absurdity?
Sadly not — the chart says it all. Just normal post-election dynamics. More years ahead with Mr. Trump...
www.economist.com/interactive/...
Are Americans finally waking up to the absurdity?
Sadly not — the chart says it all. Just normal post-election dynamics. More years ahead with Mr. Trump...
www.economist.com/interactive/...
"Jesteście tacy niewdzięczni!"
To jeden z najczęściej formułowanych przez Trumpa zarzutów.
Wdzięczność w psychologii jest dobrą cechą. Oczekiwanie wdzięczności - niekoniecznie. Warto o to zapytać i zbadać naukowo: jak ludzie się różnią w nasileniu tej cechy, i co z tego wynika.
To jeden z najczęściej formułowanych przez Trumpa zarzutów.
Wdzięczność w psychologii jest dobrą cechą. Oczekiwanie wdzięczności - niekoniecznie. Warto o to zapytać i zbadać naukowo: jak ludzie się różnią w nasileniu tej cechy, i co z tego wynika.
January 22, 2026 at 11:58 PM
"Jesteście tacy niewdzięczni!"
To jeden z najczęściej formułowanych przez Trumpa zarzutów.
Wdzięczność w psychologii jest dobrą cechą. Oczekiwanie wdzięczności - niekoniecznie. Warto o to zapytać i zbadać naukowo: jak ludzie się różnią w nasileniu tej cechy, i co z tego wynika.
To jeden z najczęściej formułowanych przez Trumpa zarzutów.
Wdzięczność w psychologii jest dobrą cechą. Oczekiwanie wdzięczności - niekoniecznie. Warto o to zapytać i zbadać naukowo: jak ludzie się różnią w nasileniu tej cechy, i co z tego wynika.
Ostatnio na konferencji usłyszałem: "nie mam nic przeciwko AI, pod warunkiem, że to człowiek zawsze będzie szefem".
W świetle efektywności pracy: to nie musi być prawda.
Dlaczego warto znać swoje słabości i zrobić AI swoim "szefem"? Przeczytajcie!
pubsonline.informs.org/doi/abs/10.1...
W świetle efektywności pracy: to nie musi być prawda.
Dlaczego warto znać swoje słabości i zrobić AI swoim "szefem"? Przeczytajcie!
pubsonline.informs.org/doi/abs/10.1...
Cognitive Challenges in Human–Artificial Intelligence Collaboration: Investigating the Path Toward Productive Delegation | Information Systems Research
pubsonline.informs.org
January 22, 2026 at 11:54 PM
Ostatnio na konferencji usłyszałem: "nie mam nic przeciwko AI, pod warunkiem, że to człowiek zawsze będzie szefem".
W świetle efektywności pracy: to nie musi być prawda.
Dlaczego warto znać swoje słabości i zrobić AI swoim "szefem"? Przeczytajcie!
pubsonline.informs.org/doi/abs/10.1...
W świetle efektywności pracy: to nie musi być prawda.
Dlaczego warto znać swoje słabości i zrobić AI swoim "szefem"? Przeczytajcie!
pubsonline.informs.org/doi/abs/10.1...