Tessera
Folgen

Ryan Boyd

@ryanboyd.io

Computational Social Scientist, Social/Personality Psychologist, and Generally Curious Person. University of Texas at Dallas. https://www.ryanboyd.io

35 Posts179 Follower228 Folgt
Ryan Boyd@ryanboyd.io · 2mo ago

New paper in @pnasnexus.org : a cultural mechanism behind disparities in discretionary parole decisions. Parole candidates who explain their crimes dispositionally (vs. situationally) are more likely to be granted parole — and this attributional style tracks culture. doi.org/10.1093/pnas...

A cultural explanation for parole decisions in the United States

Abstract. Racial disparities in discretionary parole decisions persist, yet their cultural underpinnings remain poorly understood. The US justice system, s

doi.org

Ryan Boyd@ryanboyd.io · 6mo ago

New paper: PsychAdapter, a method for conditioning language models on psychological traits. Big 5 personality, mental health, and more. Lightweight approach works across multiple model architectures. @handyschwartz.bsky.social @lyleungar.bsky.social @oscarkjell.bsky.social and others! rdcu.be/e6m8H

PsychAdapter: adapting LLMs to reflect traits, personality, and mental health

npj Artificial Intelligence - PsychAdapter: adapting LLMs to reflect traits, personality, and mental health

rdcu.be

Jamie Cummins@jamiecummins.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Can large language models stand in for human participants? Many social scientists seem to think so, and are already using "silicon samples" in research. One problem: depending on the analytic decisions made, you can basically get these samples to show any effect you want. THREAD 🧵

The threat of analytic flexibility in using large language models to simulate human data: A call to attention

Social scientists are now using large language models to create "silicon samples" - synthetic datasets intended to stand in for human respondents, aimed at revolutionising human subjects research. How...

arxiv.org

Veerle Eijsbroek@veerleceline.bsky.social · last yr.

The LEADING reporting guideline is now published in Comprehensive Psychiatry 🥳 See www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Or read the previous summary 👇

The LEADING guideline: Reporting standards for expert panel, best-estimate diagnosis, and longitudinal expert all data (LEAD) methods

Accurate assessments of symptoms and illnesses are essential for health research and clinical practice but face many challenges. The absence of a sing…

sciencedirect.com

Veerle Eijsbroek@veerleceline.bsky.social · 2y ago

1/6🔔New research!🔔 We developed the LEADING guideline to improve the reporting of best-estimate assessments ✨ With @katarinakjell.bsky.social, @handyschwartz.bsky.social, @jrboehnke.bsky.social, @eikofried.bsky.social, D Klein, P Gustafsson, I Augenstein, P Bossuyt, @oscarkjell.bsky.social

Ryan Boyd@ryanboyd.io · 2y ago

With all of the big announcements about AI-facilitated scientific research, like OpenAI's Deep Research and Google's AI co-scientist, it appears as though our thinky-piece on AI in the research process might be worth a re-read: www.frontiersin.org/journals/soc...

Frontiers | From silicon to solutions: AI's impending impact on research and discovery

The social sciences have long relied on comparative work as the foundation upon which we understand the complexities of human behavior and society. However, ...

frontiersin.org

Ryan Boyd@ryanboyd.io · 2y ago

For those who haven't heard already, I am delighted to announce that I'll be joining the Department of Psychology at University of Texas at Dallas this Fall! I look forward to contributing to, collaborating with, and being a part of the outstanding School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences community.

Ryan Boyd@ryanboyd.io · 2y ago

There are a *lot* of researchers out there asking "How similar is ChatGPT to humans on X psychological test?" @davidmmarkowitz.bsky.social, Kate Blackburn, and I suggest that we can be thinking much, much more broadly about the future potential of generative AI: doi.org/10.3389/frsp...

From silicon to solutions: AI's impending impact on research and discovery

The social sciences have long relied on comparative work as the foundation upon which we understand the complexities of human behavior and society. However, as we delve deeper into the era of artifici...

doi.org

Dave Markowitz@davidmmarkowitz.bsky.social · 2y ago

Excited to share our new paper in Frontiers in Social Psychology! 🚀 With @ryanboyd.io and Kate Blackburn, we explore how AI may revolutionize academic research. Many pieces focus on AI's shortcomings, but we focused on the benefits and potential. Dive in: www.frontiersin.org/articles/10....

From silicon to solutions: AI's impending impact on research and discovery

The social sciences have long relied on comparative work as the foundation upon which we understand the complexities of human behavior and society. However, as we delve deeper into the era of artifici...

frontiersin.org