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• Scientists Claim Their AI Model Simulates Human Cognition

  05-07-2025 17:35 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: ScienceBy training a large language model on a vast dataset of human behavior, researchers say they have built an artificial intelligence system that mimics human thought. In a paper published on July 2 in Nature, they report that their model, Centaur, can "predict and simulate human behavior" in any experiment that can be written out in natural language. But other experts are skeptical that the model can be trusted to reliably predict human behavior.
  
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• Orcas Offer Food to Humans in the Wild, Researchers Report

  05-07-2025 17:35 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: APA Press ReleasesLike a cat leaving a bird on a doorstep, orcas sometimes share their prey with humans, according to research published in the Journal of Comparative Psychology. In the study, researchers from Canada, New Zealand, and Mexico reported on 34 interactions spanning two decades in which orcas in the wild attempted to offer food to humans. The incidents took place in oceans around the world, from California to New Zealand to Norway to Patagonia.
  
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• Laid-Off Workers Should Use AI to Manage Emotions, Says Xbox Exec

  05-07-2025 17:34 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: Google News - HealthThe sweeping layoffs announced by Microsoft this week have been especially hard on its gaming studios, but one Xbox executive has a solution to "help reduce the emotional and cognitive load that comes with job loss": seek advice from AI chatbots. In a now-deleted LinkedIn post captured by Aftermath, Xbox Game Studios' Matt Turnbull wrote that he would be "remiss in not trying to offer the best advice I can under the circumstances."
  
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• Jewish Groups Condemn Trump's Use of Antisemitic Slur at Rally

  05-07-2025 17:33 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: Google News - HealthThe Anti-Defamation League on Friday condemned President Donald Trump's use of the term "Shylock" at a Thursday night rally, saying the president was invoking a "centuries-old antisemitic trope." During a campaign-style speech in Iowa on Thursday celebrating passage of his spending bill, Trump said: "No death tax. No estate tax. No going to the banks and borrowing from, in some cases, a fine banker—and in some cases, shylocks and bad people."
  
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• Climate-Proofing Homes More Important Than Ever, Say Experts

  05-07-2025 17:30 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: Canadian Broadcasting Company - Top Stories NewsClimate change-related damage to homes is rising dramatically in Canada and around the world, but experts say there are steps homeowners can take to protect their property. To prevent tornadoes from ripping roofs off of new homes, for example, all that's needed is about "$200 to $300 in parts and labor" during home construction, says Connell Miller, acting director of Western University's Northern Tornadoes Projects.
  
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• ‘You know it when you see it’: experts size up scientists’ attempt to define cool

  05-07-2025 13:00
  Sought-after status moves in mysterious ways that elude rules and norms, say the initiatedIt has puzzled philosophers, scholars and those aspiring to be cool for generations: what is it that makes someone cool? Now it appears that the alchemical code has finally been cracked.There are six specific attributes needed to be cool, according to a study published this week by the American Psychological Association.ChatGPTPretending not to be “on the pen” (using weight loss jabs) when you a
  
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• Can you see circles or rectangles? And does the answer depend on where you grew up? | Anil Seth

  05-07-2025 09:00
  We may believe we see the world exactly as it is – but as studies of optical illusions show, it’s far more complex than thatAnil Seth is a professor of cognitive and computational neuroscience at the University of SussexDo people from different cultures and environments see the world differently? Two recent studies have different takes on this decades-long controversy. The answer might be more complicated, and more interesting, than either study suggests.One study, led by Ivan Kroupi
  
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