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Are you (or is someone you know) teaching AI / ML / Deep Learning this year? My forthcoming book (freely available at udlbook.com) will save you a lot of time. This thread will show you why.

🚨New Preprint: "Generative language models exhibit social identity biases" Did you know LLMs mirror human-like biases, showing human-levels of ingroup solidarity & outgroup hostility? A thread: 📄 arxiv.org/abs/2310.15819 1/7

1/7🔔New research!🔔 Alcoholism is terrible! But we often drink with our friends, whom we value deeply. In that case, can alcohol always be so bad? We found the social aspects of drinking to be crucial for understanding alcohol's relation with well-being🥂journals.plos.org/plosone/articl…

I do not believe human-level AI (artificial superintelligence, or the commonest sense of #AGI) is close at hand. AI has made breakthroughs, but the claim of AGI by 2030 is as laughable as claims of AGI by 1980 are in retrospect. Look how similar the rhetoric was in LIFE in 1970!

I'm elated to announce that my new book, HOPE FOR CYNICS, will be published on September 3rd! It explains why people have lost faith in one another, and how we can build a sturdier, data-driven hope. You can find more information and pre-order here: hachettebookgroup.com/titles/jamil-z…

🚨🚨Do Americans accurately perceive union benefits? 🚨🚨 Our new paper (led by Jonne Kamphorst) out this week PNASNews finds: Americans significantly and systematically underestimate material benefits associated with union benefits. 🧵👇

Momentary realization: SpaceX is aiming for costs to space of a few ~$100s/kg. I am hereby preregistering that Palo Alto parents will finance their high school kids launching a satellite to space to beef up their kids' college application to Stanford.

Our Lab is looking to hire 2 new members! We are searching for an enthusiastic data scientist and project coordinator. This role will include training in key psychological natural language processing methods and is an excellent stepping stone for pursuing graduate studies!

Our lab is looking to hire an hourly data scientist and an hourly research coordinator! have a look if interested.

Such cool & impressive work--GPT4 simulating how users will respond to text stimuli (r > .8). > Is this the future of power analyses in papers & grants? > Will science become "human-replicating" AI experiments? > bigger Q: What can we do NOW that we couldn't do before?

This @stanfordhai Policy Brief outlines a framework developed by Stanford researchers (including AIMI Center's johannes Eichstaedt) to evaluate & report on whether #AI applications are ready for clinical use in #BehavioralHealth. Kudos to all involved! stanford.io/3MfOON9

🔥 Founder Fridays Host Shoutout: Zack Prager Zack Prager is hosting a Founder Fridays meetup in Portland, OR on October 4th!

It's all fun and games with the 'bots until they say something so strikingly insightful you feel... seen. We have seen this in our studies building well-being and mental health bots. Suddenly makes you sit up in your chair.

Since today is largely a day of nervously waiting and refreshing, it's as good a time as any to share a summary of our new paper on the role of negative affect in shaping votes for Donald Trump. A 🧵

🌍 Exciting news! The 2nd Annual Regional Cultural Differences Conference is happening in Vancouver, July 8–11, 2025. 📅 Submit papers by Jan 6, 2025. 🔗 Details: [geo-psych.com]

If you are into cultural differences in wellbeing, this might be interesting to listen to! A lot of this work was led by August Nilsson ☺️

When LLM "parameter headspaces" are measured via personality surveys, LLMs change their scores dramatically upon realizing they are being evaluated. Great work by Aadesh Salecha, supported by Stanford HAI. Paper: shorturl.at/iiLtR

Singapore created the world's most efficient healthcare system from scratch in one generation. They spend $4,000 per person on healthcare. We spend $15,000. Their secret? The exact opposite of what American "experts" recommend: 🧵

Our Stanford lab is looking for a part-time front-end/UX developer to help with AI mental health applications. Great position to accrue research experience for competitive PhD programs, and it's a really fun team. linkedin.com/jobs/view/4136…