Today I asked ChatGPT about the topic I wrote my PhD about. It produced reasonably sounding explanations and reasonably looking citations. So far so good – until I fact-checked the citations. And things got spooky when I asked about a physical phenomenon that doesn’t exist.

@mattyglesias Here, GPT-3 has answered your question. As a rhyming poem. Where each line begins with the letter R.

Today 4.50pm CET, we launch project bcause, the first digital #foundation as-a-service platform. Watch our presentation live on the #DLD2022 Black Box live stream at https://t.co/U9wtuhM5UA #fintech #wealthtech #impinv #DLD2022 #giving @DLDConference

Hey all, bad news! Two papers confirming your worst intuitions about leadership: 🗣Babble Hypothesis: Whoever speaks the most is likely to be made leader, regardless of what they say 🤷‍♂️Peter Principle: People are promoted out of roles they are good at & into ones they are bad at!

High social skills had as much impact on overall team performance as high team IQ! Here’s the paper: https://t.co/nb4Titv5ol

Wahnsinnschance für Pionier/in zu #impinv #ESG etc. @esmtberlin möchte "philanthropic finance" aufbauen. Wer kennt die richtige Person? Pls RT @SEND_ev @fase_de @stiftungstweet @AshokaDE https://t.co/cx5HPkSJZM Danke @SchoepflinStift @gatesfoundation #socent

Very happy for this project to come to life and grateful for our wonderful team! If you’re involved with an African startup you think deserves to be featured, please nominate at

This, together with @DSMarkovits’ ‘Meritocracy Trap’ needs to become part of our discourse on polarization. ➡️Meritocracy does not automatically provide dignity. Also poses important questions for organizational design and culture!

No matter how much you know better, social media can still distort your sense of what is true. The Illusory Truth Effect says that repeated statements seem more true than new ones. Even if the statements are a lie. Even if you know they are. But fact checking all new claims helps

(1/8) Reasons you don’t actually disagree with someone. Inspired by many intense debates with someone I feel I often didn’t actually disagree with. You agree on the facts of the situation and weight values the same, but…

China effectively leveraging soft power to widen its sphere of influence at a time of need. Sad that US has decided no longer to be the “indispensable nation.”

New in JEP, Dario Krpan @DarioKrps11 and colleagues show in three large pre-registered experiments (n > 11,000) that people are more likely to select vegetarian menu options when NOT framed as "vegetarian" https://t.co/ng0PdC4JH7 @LSE_PBS

Best criticism of social-psychology I have seen 👇. (By @PsychRabble et al) Allow me to summarize the key points. And two important takeaways. (Thread) https://t.co/MgJYxxZMTs

Americans without a college education "live on a different planet" than those who went to college, says Anne Case #RES2019

Not only are there a bunch of fake Katie Bouman @instagram accounts now, but they’re spreading the lie about her colleague writing most of the code and commenters are just eating it up anyway thinking they’re replying to the real deal. They even made a fake account for the guy.

Great point by @vestager at #sxsw on anti-trust differences between EU and US: Anti-trust policy requires a debate about the good life. A convenient life doesn’t have to be a good life -> anti-trust needs wider angle than consumer harm

“I like having [personal data] rights, I would like it even more if I could exercise them” EU Commissioner @vestager at #sxsw

Is Technology Destroying Democracy? Democracy and civic engagement cannot happen using commercial platforms that have the manipulation and exploitation of personal data at the core of their business model - @francesca_bria speaking at last week's @CHDemTech event.

This is VERY bad idea. Why should we be forced to submit to facial recognition just to buy groceries? So brands can test if their ad campaigns work? Umm no thanks. This invades your physical privacy and profiles you, for bad data.