Daniel Thilo Schroeder
@daniel-thilo.bsky.social
Computers, graphs, and conspiracies: I'm a computational social scientist modeling global disinformation and conspiracy dynamics. Working on digital twins of human societies.
Website: https://danielthiloschroeder.org/
Google Scholar: bit.ly/40rkhnL
Website: https://danielthiloschroeder.org/
Google Scholar: bit.ly/40rkhnL
This one is interesting.
Apparently, there is still room for improvement when it comes to symbolic planning/reasoning. arxiv.org/abs/2509.13351
Apparently, there is still room for improvement when it comes to symbolic planning/reasoning. arxiv.org/abs/2509.13351
Teaching LLMs to Plan: Logical Chain-of-Thought Instruction Tuning for Symbolic Planning
Large language models (LLMs) have demonstrated impressive capabilities across diverse tasks, yet their ability to perform structured symbolic planning remains limited, particularly in domains requirin...
arxiv.org
September 24, 2025 at 9:08 AM
This one is interesting.
Apparently, there is still room for improvement when it comes to symbolic planning/reasoning. arxiv.org/abs/2509.13351
Apparently, there is still room for improvement when it comes to symbolic planning/reasoning. arxiv.org/abs/2509.13351
I read about those a while ago, but I think it might make sense to invest some time again.
Neural cellular automata are societies of tiny agents that preserve and repair global structure by propagating information locally.
arxiv.org/abs/2509.11131
Neural cellular automata are societies of tiny agents that preserve and repair global structure by propagating information locally.
arxiv.org/abs/2509.11131
Neural cellular automata: applications to biology and beyond classical AI
Neural Cellular Automata (NCA) represent a powerful framework for modeling biological self-organization, extending classical rule-based systems with trainable, differentiable (or evolvable) update rul...
arxiv.org
September 21, 2025 at 8:31 AM
I read about those a while ago, but I think it might make sense to invest some time again.
Neural cellular automata are societies of tiny agents that preserve and repair global structure by propagating information locally.
arxiv.org/abs/2509.11131
Neural cellular automata are societies of tiny agents that preserve and repair global structure by propagating information locally.
arxiv.org/abs/2509.11131
We examined the role of social media in the amplification of violent, divisive discourse during Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
And I proudly did not use any LLMs for this post.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
And I proudly did not use any LLMs for this post.
www.tandfonline.com
September 20, 2025 at 9:03 PM
We examined the role of social media in the amplification of violent, divisive discourse during Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
And I proudly did not use any LLMs for this post.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
And I proudly did not use any LLMs for this post.
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This book looks great! Can't wait to read.
(and thrilled to be a part of it. @nourkteily.bsky.social & I have a chapter on dehumanization you might be interested in!)
#PrejudiceResearch #PsychSciSky
Congrats to the Editors on curating such a strong list of chapters.
(and thrilled to be a part of it. @nourkteily.bsky.social & I have a chapter on dehumanization you might be interested in!)
#PrejudiceResearch #PsychSciSky
Congrats to the Editors on curating such a strong list of chapters.
Thrilled to share that The Cambridge Handbook of the Psychology of Violent Extremism is now available. Milan Obaidi's and my goal was to create the book we missed as students—a complete overview over every major perspective in the field.
July 28, 2025 at 4:31 PM
This book looks great! Can't wait to read.
(and thrilled to be a part of it. @nourkteily.bsky.social & I have a chapter on dehumanization you might be interested in!)
#PrejudiceResearch #PsychSciSky
Congrats to the Editors on curating such a strong list of chapters.
(and thrilled to be a part of it. @nourkteily.bsky.social & I have a chapter on dehumanization you might be interested in!)
#PrejudiceResearch #PsychSciSky
Congrats to the Editors on curating such a strong list of chapters.
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New preprint: How Malicious AI Swarms Can Threaten Democracy 🧪
osf.io/preprints/os...
osf.io/preprints/os...
OSF
osf.io
June 20, 2025 at 10:43 AM
New preprint: How Malicious AI Swarms Can Threaten Democracy 🧪
osf.io/preprints/os...
osf.io/preprints/os...
Our paper is featured in this article on rogue AI agents and bot swarms:
www.theneuron.ai/explainer-ar...
Discussion here: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4433...
www.theneuron.ai/explainer-ar...
Discussion here: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4433...
When AI Goes Rogue: From Blackmailing Bosses to Bot Swarms
Remember that scene in 2001: A Space Odyssey where HAL refuses to open the pod bay doors? Well, turns out that was optimistic.
www.theneuron.ai
June 24, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Our paper is featured in this article on rogue AI agents and bot swarms:
www.theneuron.ai/explainer-ar...
Discussion here: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4433...
www.theneuron.ai/explainer-ar...
Discussion here: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4433...
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🚨In PNAS🚨
The right often accuses fact-checkers of political bias
But we analyzed Community Notes on Musk's X and found posts flagged as "misleading" are 2.3x more likely to be written by Reps than Dems!
The issue is Reps sharing misinformation, not fact-checker bias...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
The right often accuses fact-checkers of political bias
But we analyzed Community Notes on Musk's X and found posts flagged as "misleading" are 2.3x more likely to be written by Reps than Dems!
The issue is Reps sharing misinformation, not fact-checker bias...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
June 17, 2025 at 12:51 PM
🚨In PNAS🚨
The right often accuses fact-checkers of political bias
But we analyzed Community Notes on Musk's X and found posts flagged as "misleading" are 2.3x more likely to be written by Reps than Dems!
The issue is Reps sharing misinformation, not fact-checker bias...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
The right often accuses fact-checkers of political bias
But we analyzed Community Notes on Musk's X and found posts flagged as "misleading" are 2.3x more likely to be written by Reps than Dems!
The issue is Reps sharing misinformation, not fact-checker bias...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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ALERTE : 19 chercheurs de très haut niveau alertent sur la menace que représentent pour les démocraties les essaims d’IA malveillantes (« Ai Swarms »), qui peuvent se coordonner, échapper à toute détection, créer des informations convaincantes, et manipuler les élections. 1/3
June 3, 2025 at 7:51 PM
ALERTE : 19 chercheurs de très haut niveau alertent sur la menace que représentent pour les démocraties les essaims d’IA malveillantes (« Ai Swarms »), qui peuvent se coordonner, échapper à toute détection, créer des informations convaincantes, et manipuler les élections. 1/3
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Pre-print by @daniel-thilo.bsky.social et al. argues that the truth can be bent more quickly than it was in the past. I rarely go that far out on a limb, but in this case it is no longer a question of whether these scenarios will materialise. This is the world we live in and we need to prepare now.👇
The combination of #artificialintelligence and #socialmedia poses a threat to democracy.
Our new paper explains how AI swarms can fabricate grassroots consensus, fragment shared reality, engage in mass harassment, interfer with elections, and erode institutional trust: osf.io/preprints/os...
Our new paper explains how AI swarms can fabricate grassroots consensus, fragment shared reality, engage in mass harassment, interfer with elections, and erode institutional trust: osf.io/preprints/os...
June 3, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Pre-print by @daniel-thilo.bsky.social et al. argues that the truth can be bent more quickly than it was in the past. I rarely go that far out on a limb, but in this case it is no longer a question of whether these scenarios will materialise. This is the world we live in and we need to prepare now.👇
Reposted by Daniel Thilo Schroeder
The combination of #artificialintelligence and #socialmedia poses a threat to democracy.
Our new paper explains how AI swarms can fabricate grassroots consensus, fragment shared reality, engage in mass harassment, interfer with elections, and erode institutional trust: osf.io/preprints/os...
Our new paper explains how AI swarms can fabricate grassroots consensus, fragment shared reality, engage in mass harassment, interfer with elections, and erode institutional trust: osf.io/preprints/os...
June 3, 2025 at 5:03 PM
The combination of #artificialintelligence and #socialmedia poses a threat to democracy.
Our new paper explains how AI swarms can fabricate grassroots consensus, fragment shared reality, engage in mass harassment, interfer with elections, and erode institutional trust: osf.io/preprints/os...
Our new paper explains how AI swarms can fabricate grassroots consensus, fragment shared reality, engage in mass harassment, interfer with elections, and erode institutional trust: osf.io/preprints/os...
I was looking forward to this Dagstuhl Seminar for quite some time. There is something to sitting somewhere in the middle of nowhere for a week and having discussions with a pile of very smart people.
April 24, 2025 at 12:35 PM
I was looking forward to this Dagstuhl Seminar for quite some time. There is something to sitting somewhere in the middle of nowhere for a week and having discussions with a pile of very smart people.
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"OpenAI's o1 Playing Codenames"
AI is showing some skills in games like Codenames, but it struggles to really understand teamwork and strategy, which makes it less impressive.
Article | Discussion
AI is showing some skills in games like Codenames, but it struggles to really understand teamwork and strategy, which makes it less impressive.
Article | Discussion
January 26, 2025 at 6:00 AM
"OpenAI's o1 Playing Codenames"
AI is showing some skills in games like Codenames, but it struggles to really understand teamwork and strategy, which makes it less impressive.
Article | Discussion
AI is showing some skills in games like Codenames, but it struggles to really understand teamwork and strategy, which makes it less impressive.
Article | Discussion
I agree with this. @hossenfelder.bsky.social
January 22, 2025 at 7:17 AM
I agree with this. @hossenfelder.bsky.social
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This multi-year, multi-country analysis shows that right-wing populist politicians spread more online misinfo than their mainstream counterparts and explains how “the rise of political misinformation is associated to the recent wave of radical-right populism.”
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
January 20, 2025 at 6:46 PM
This multi-year, multi-country analysis shows that right-wing populist politicians spread more online misinfo than their mainstream counterparts and explains how “the rise of political misinformation is associated to the recent wave of radical-right populism.”
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Something I add to my when-I-am-retired-and-live-in-a-summer-house-in-italy-reading-list reading list.
~250 pages about LLMs FOR FREE!
arxiv.org/pdf/2501.09223
~250 pages about LLMs FOR FREE!
arxiv.org/pdf/2501.09223
arxiv.org
January 20, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Something I add to my when-I-am-retired-and-live-in-a-summer-house-in-italy-reading-list reading list.
~250 pages about LLMs FOR FREE!
arxiv.org/pdf/2501.09223
~250 pages about LLMs FOR FREE!
arxiv.org/pdf/2501.09223
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Unsere Webseite zur Bundestagswahl ist online! Hier findet ihr unsere Telegram-Datenbank-Dashboards sowie laufende Analysen zu Desinformationskampagnen und rechtsextremen Einflussnahmen.
Neues CeMAS-Monitoring-Projekt zum Bundestagswahlkampf: Anlässlich der Bundestagswahl 2025 haben wir ein Monitoring von Desinformationen und digitalen Kampagnen vor allem auf Telegram und YouTube, aber auch auf X, TikTok und Facebook aufgesetzt.
CeMAS / Bundestagswahl 2025 Monitoring
CeMAS bündelt als gemeinnützige Organisation interdisziplinäre Expertise zu Themen wie Verschwörungsideologien, Antisemitismus und Rechtsextremismus. Durch systematisches Online-Monitoring und modern...
btw2025.cemas.io
January 20, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Unsere Webseite zur Bundestagswahl ist online! Hier findet ihr unsere Telegram-Datenbank-Dashboards sowie laufende Analysen zu Desinformationskampagnen und rechtsextremen Einflussnahmen.
Sam Harris writes in his latest blog post.
"... I abandoned Twitter/X altogether, having recognized the poisonous effect that it had on my life—but also, in large part, because of what I saw it doing to Elon."
In the end, sm might be a net negative.
samharris.substack.com/p/the-troubl...
"... I abandoned Twitter/X altogether, having recognized the poisonous effect that it had on my life—but also, in large part, because of what I saw it doing to Elon."
In the end, sm might be a net negative.
samharris.substack.com/p/the-troubl...
The Trouble with Elon
I didn’t set out to become an enemy of the world’s richest man, but I seem to have managed it all the same.
samharris.substack.com
January 18, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Sam Harris writes in his latest blog post.
"... I abandoned Twitter/X altogether, having recognized the poisonous effect that it had on my life—but also, in large part, because of what I saw it doing to Elon."
In the end, sm might be a net negative.
samharris.substack.com/p/the-troubl...
"... I abandoned Twitter/X altogether, having recognized the poisonous effect that it had on my life—but also, in large part, because of what I saw it doing to Elon."
In the end, sm might be a net negative.
samharris.substack.com/p/the-troubl...
This is interesting but also somewhat scary. It seems like transformers learn during inference.
arxiv.org/abs/2501.06252
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rx0w...
arxiv.org/abs/2501.06252
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rx0w...
SakanaAI Unveils "Transformer Squared" - Test Time LEARNING
YouTube video by Matthew Berman
www.youtube.com
January 17, 2025 at 2:20 PM
This is interesting but also somewhat scary. It seems like transformers learn during inference.
arxiv.org/abs/2501.06252
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rx0w...
arxiv.org/abs/2501.06252
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rx0w...
There is this now.
Information and Misinformation in Elections: 2025 Conference
www.protectingtheelection.us/conference
Information and Misinformation in Elections: 2025 Conference
www.protectingtheelection.us/conference
Conference — Caltech 2024 Election Integrity Project
www.protectingtheelection.us
January 14, 2025 at 2:38 PM
There is this now.
Information and Misinformation in Elections: 2025 Conference
www.protectingtheelection.us/conference
Information and Misinformation in Elections: 2025 Conference
www.protectingtheelection.us/conference
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New @acm-cscw.bsky.social paper, new content moderation paradigm.
Post Guidance lets moderators prevent rule-breaking by triggering interventions as users write posts!
We implemented PG on Reddit and tested it in a massive field experiment (n=97k). It became a feature!
arxiv.org/abs/2411.16814
Post Guidance lets moderators prevent rule-breaking by triggering interventions as users write posts!
We implemented PG on Reddit and tested it in a massive field experiment (n=97k). It became a feature!
arxiv.org/abs/2411.16814
November 27, 2024 at 2:20 PM
New @acm-cscw.bsky.social paper, new content moderation paradigm.
Post Guidance lets moderators prevent rule-breaking by triggering interventions as users write posts!
We implemented PG on Reddit and tested it in a massive field experiment (n=97k). It became a feature!
arxiv.org/abs/2411.16814
Post Guidance lets moderators prevent rule-breaking by triggering interventions as users write posts!
We implemented PG on Reddit and tested it in a massive field experiment (n=97k). It became a feature!
arxiv.org/abs/2411.16814
Whoever plans to work on social media data for the 2024 US election may help.
election-integrity.online/datasets/
election-integrity.online/datasets/
Datasets
Election Integrity Datasets A billion Telegram messages about the 2024 US presidential election By Leonardo Blas This repository contains the largest public Telegram dataset to date, providing an u…
election-integrity.online
January 13, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Whoever plans to work on social media data for the 2024 US election may help.
election-integrity.online/datasets/
election-integrity.online/datasets/