We added a preregistered study to our paper, Affiliation in Human-AI Interactions Based on Shared Psychological Traits. We created bespoke LLMs that exactly mirrored participants' personalities or the opposite. Participants greatly preferred chats with their mirror AI: osf.io/preprints/ps...

Exciting work from UCL PhD student Joanna Kuc and fellow @thelablab.bsky.social members: "Speech markers of psychedelic-induced psychological change". Preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

We have a new preprint on human-LLM social interaction: "Affiliation in human-AI interactions based on shared psychological traits". TLDR: People feel more similar to and understood by an LLM when it mimics aspects of their own psychology, such as anxiety and extroversion. osf.io/preprints/ps...

In the Corpus Christi College Oxford alumni magazine, there's a nice profile of our work with @robinmurphy.bsky.social's research group and OneReach.ai on human-AI social interaction (paper imminent!). I spent the fall at Corpus—lovely place! www.ccc.ox.ac.uk/sites/defaul...

Every now and then IG ads serve up a useful purchase. Archie loves his cat hammock.

My favourite Oxford college garden, because it's beautiful and they actually encourage you to walk on the grass.

GPT o1 "thinking" a bit too hard about this one ...

Happening Tuesday. AI: How it works and how to use it responsibly in university. Open to all Acadia students and the world via the livestream.

TT position in Developmental Psychology (broadly defined) at Acadia. Come join us! tiny.cc/js97wz Good salary, benefits (e.g., defined benefit pension), and working conditions thanks to our incredible union. Great, supportive department!