"A framework for blaming willlful ignorance" 🫣 -- New review paper with @rzultan.bsky.social and @tobigerstenberg.bsky.social now out in "Current Opinion in Psychology".

What makes people judge that someone was forced to take a particular action? Research by @larakirfel.bsky.social et al suggests one influence on this judgment is people’s representation of what an agent knows is possible: buff.ly/Z0oaRNk HT @xphilosopher.bsky.social

🏔️ Brad is lost in the wilderness—but doesn’t know there’s a town nearby. Was he forced to stay put? In our #CogSci2025 paper, we show that judgments of what’s possible—and whether someone had to act—depend on what agents know. 📰 osf.io/preprints/ps... w/ Matt Mandelkern & @jsphillips.bsky.social

New paper for #CogSci2025: People cheat more when they delegate to AI. How can we stop this? We tested: 🧠 Explaining what the AI does (transparency) 🗣️ Calling cheating what it is (framing) Only one worked. w/ @larakirfel.bsky.social, Anne-Marie Nussberger, Raluca Rilla & @iyadrahwan.bsky.social

❗Now out in "AI and Ethics"❗ What are the consequences of AI that can reason counterfactually? Our new paper explores the ethical dimensions of AI-driven counterfactual world simulation. 🌎 🤖 With @tobigerstenberg.bsky.social, Rob MacCoun and Thomas Icard. Link: shorturl.at/bHYEO

Does wilful ignorance—intentionally neglecting to ascertain you’re not implicated in criminal activity—make you culpable? Research by @larakirfel.bsky.social & Hannikainen suggests yes, as long as you suspected that may have been the case: https://buff.ly/3XDopzh HT @xphilosopher.bsky.social

Hi Republica #rp24, come catch me at my talk on all things AI and Ethical Decisions tonight at Lightning Box 1, 7.15pm. #WhoCares re-publica.com/en/node/5223

🗣️ People often select only a few events when explaining what happened. What drives people’s explanation selection? 🗞️ In our new paper, we propose a new model and show that people use explanations to communicate effective interventions. #Cogsci2024 🔗 Link to paper: osf.io/preprints/ps...

Menschliche Moral und was das für KI bedeutet! Diese Woche wird es mit @larakirfel.bsky.social wieder spannen auf @realscide.bsky.social! #wisskomm #scicomm