New work by @BjoernHommel and me. We fine-tuned a language model to predict correlations between survey items. In our pilot, the out-of-sample accuracy for item correlations was .71, .86 for reliabilities, and .89 for scale correlations. We're planning a preregistered follow-up.

RT @talboger: On the left is a rabbit. On the right is an elephant. But guess what: They’re the *same image* rotated 90°!. In @currentbiolo….

RT @literalbanana: @rubenarslan I don't think this is conclusive but I haven't seen anything in the other direction

People keep talking about AI psychosis. Is there any current evidence that psychosis rates have gone up, so we should doubt the default interpretation, that regular psychotics also use AI now?.

RT @literalbanana: Notes on an emerging legend - ChatGPT psychosis (a thread)

RT @BethMayBarnes: 1. One clear takeaway is that expert forecasts and even user self-reports are not reliable indicators about AI capabilit….

RT @StefanFSchubert: Indeed. This is not a good way of responding to criticism.

RT @chazfirestone: i think our arguments are more like precision instruments but ok fine i will accept "sledgehammer" (@DorsaAmir @anilkset….

RT @wviechtb: @ianhussey

RT @AJThurston: Academic influencers hyping results because p < .05 😃. Actual academics:

So funny. He wants you to believe in “brain drain” AND he has an app to sell you.

RT @literalbanana: @norvid_studies I located the box & raccoon for this one years ago

RT @literalbanana: in-depth investigations on the origin of Facts™ are crack to me

RT @literalbanana: I'm reading Robert Sapolsky's Determined: Life Without Free Will as a mild form of self harm and here are two perfect pa….

RT @AlexTISYoung: I helped @slatestarcodex with this post. At least with respect to some traits (e.g. education, bmi), we are in an epistem….

RT @IfYouSeeFebri: i'm starting to think Scott has been quitely transitioning into becoming a comedian here. i've never felt so sinful find….

Astral Codex Ten goes deep on the missing heritability question and recent findings on educational attainment.

RT @AlexTISYoung: These results are inconsistent with similar previous analyses such as this from our education GWAS paper. For IQ, the PGS….

RT @salonium: Has nominative determinism gone too far. (h/t @bschne)

RT @Evolving_Moloch: I think there are some broader implications for evolutionary psychology here. As I try and emphasize all the time now,….

RT @Evolving_Moloch: Interesting new paper showing what I’ve been complaining about for years: the ‘gender-equality paradox’ is confounded….