Lara Kirfel @larakirfel.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Amazing, looking forward to seeing you there! 🌴 110 0
Lara Kirfel @larakirfel.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Feat. @neeleengelmann.bsky.social, AM Nussberger, Arne Maas and @jsphillips.bsky.social Come catch us at @cogsci_soc in Rio 🌴 presenting this. 010 0
Lara Kirfel @larakirfel.bsky.social · 08/06/2026We find that LLMs sample option spaces differently from humans, producing higher-valued but more semantically concentrated alternatives. 💭 When people consider action alternatives generated by an LLM, they assign more blame than when they consider human-generated alternatives. 120 0
Lara Kirfel @larakirfel.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Representing possible alternatives lies at the heart of moral judgment. As LLMs become embedded in our reasoning processes, they change the set of alternatives we bring to mind. 💭 Our #CogSci2026 paper shows that AI might be making us judge people harsher. ⚖️ osf.io/preprints/ps... 1267 0
Lara Kirfel @larakirfel.bsky.social · 10/07/2025"A framework for blaming willlful ignorance" 🫣 -- New review paper with @rzultan.bsky.social and @tobigerstenberg.bsky.social now out in "Current Opinion in Psychology". 060 0
Reposted by Lara Kirfelkoenfucius @koenfucius.bsky.social · 17/05/2025What 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 031 0
Lara Kirfel @larakirfel.bsky.social · 16/05/2025🏔️ 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 0113 0
Reposted by Lara Kirfelneele engelmann @neeleengelmann.bsky.social · 12/05/2025New 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 0185 0
Lara Kirfel @larakirfel.bsky.social · 14/04/2025❗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/bHYEOrdcu.beWhen AI meets counterfactuals: the ethical implications of counterfactual world simulation models 0102 0
Reposted by Lara Kirfelkoenfucius @koenfucius.bsky.social · 24/02/2025Does 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: buff.ly/3XDopzh HT @xphilosopher.bsky.social 062 0
Lara Kirfel @larakirfel.bsky.social · 27/05/2024Hi 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/5223re-publica.com"Moral AI"?! Navigating Ethical Decisions with Large Language Models | re:publicaDie re:publica Berlin ist das Festival für die digitale Gesellschaft und die größte Konferenz ihrer Art in Europa. Die Teilnehmer*innen der re:publica bilden einen Querschnitt unserer (digitalen) Gese... 0120 0
Lara Kirfel @larakirfel.bsky.social · 13/05/2024🗣️ 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... 0100 0
Reposted by Lara KirfelDr. Sophie G. Elschner @sophieelschner.bsky.social · 05/02/2024Menschliche Moral und was das für KI bedeutet! Diese Woche wird es mit @larakirfel.bsky.social wieder spannen auf @realscide.bsky.social! #wisskomm #scicomm 0122 0
