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I just created a series of seven deep-dive videos about AI, which I've posted to youtube and now here. 😊 Targeted to laypeople, they explore how LLMs work, what they can do, and what impacts they have on learning, well-being, disinformation, the workplace, the economy, and the environment.

Part 1: How do LLMs work?

YouTube video by Andrew Perfors

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Excited to share our new paper in Memory & Cognition! Consensus isn’t always what it seems. Repeated claims can create an illusion of consensus-making people feel as persuaded by a single echoed source as by independent corroboration.

Explaining away the illusion of consensus - Memory & Cognition

Consensus among sources often signals a claim’s trustworthiness. However, when all sources simply echo information from a single origin, an “illusion of consensus” can arise, leading individuals to fe...

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Check out the paper for more! Thanks to my wonderful collaborators @scondes.bsky.social , @andyperfors.bsky.social, and others not on Bluesky.

Full room for symposium 'Reasoning from the opinion of others' @scondes.bsky.social @expsyanz.bsky.social

Pleased to have a podcast about health misinformation for Medical News Today www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/hea...

How to recognize health misinformation and disinformation

How can we learn to spot inaccurate and even malicious health information? Why do we fall so easily for false health info, and how can we update our mistaken beliefs? This In Conversation episode answ...

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The new Behavioural Sciences and Technology hub at UTS has two fully funded PhD positions available! More information on www.uts.edu.au/about/gradua...