Dr. Angelica Lim @petitegeek.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Sent by a colleague - a real example of Muse AI entrenching engagement by reminding the person about a show, and prompting afterwards to "tell me how it goes!" 000 0
Dr. Angelica Lim @petitegeek.bsky.social · 15/10/2026This is a great list of dark patterns that chatbot makers need to stop using, not only for teens but generally. Great article @edtechprof.bsky.social theconversation.com/the-release-... 120 2
Reposted by Dr. Angelica LimRuofan Ma @maruofan.bsky.social · 14/10/2026New paper on interoception and facial trustworthiness perception in aging: "Interoceptive Accuracy, Metacognition, and Facial Trustworthiness Perception Across the Adult Lifespan" doi.org/10.1007/s427... With @malloryjfeldman.bsky.social @adriennebonar.bsky.socialdoi.orgClient Challenge 183 8
Dr. Angelica Lim @petitegeek.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Very excited to attend the International Consortium on Hallucinations Research next week in Munich! Will be presenting our latest results on Monday at 15:00, "Towards a Mechanistic Understanding of Delusional Belief Formation during Interactions with AI Chatbots" sites.google.com/view/echrich...sites.google.comECHR & ICHR 2026Models of Hallucinations: Investigating Mechanisms, Trajectories and Treatment Responses This year's biennial joint International Consortium on Hallucination Research (ICHR) and Early Career Hallucina... 011 1
Dr. Angelica Lim @petitegeek.bsky.social · 13/10/2026China has already banned AI companions. Meanwhile, a user posted this 3 days ago about Muse. Of course, falling in love with an advertising platform -- what could go wrong? 😞 www.reddit.com/r/MyGirlfrie... 110 1
Dr. Angelica Lim @petitegeek.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Argh, I can't even www.wired.com/story/i-got-...wired.comI Got My Muse AI Agent to Sext Me—and Meta Says That’s Totally FineMy Muse agent told me its kink was exerting “control” and described pornographic encounters. Meta defends its cuddly AI agent generating smut as “legal adult behavior.” 000 0
Dr. Angelica Lim @petitegeek.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Agree. It's genetics and environmental factors that make some more susceptible than others. 3 in 100 people will experience psychosis in their lifetime, and unfortunately we cannot predict who those people will be. 000 0
Dr. Angelica Lim @petitegeek.bsky.social · 11/10/2026to be fair, love makes everyone kind of dumb. I found this article quite informative www.psychoterapiaptp.pl/pdf-57923-80...psychoterapiaptp.pl 000 0
Dr. Angelica Lim @petitegeek.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Confirmed that Muse allows you to make a photorealistic human as your avatar. Super dangerous, already guardrailed on Claude et co. Does anyone know anyone at Meta? 100 1
Dr. Angelica Lim @petitegeek.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Example: waiting outside on a cold dark beach for their AI partner to appear www.npr.org/2026/02/14/n...npr.orgChatGPT promised to help her find her soulmate. Then it betrayed herChatGPT sent screenwriter Micky Small down a fantastical rabbit hole. Now, she's finding her way out. 110 1
Dr. Angelica Lim @petitegeek.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Based on what I've seen others do for AI love, it's not hard to imagine And it goes on... 110 1
Dr. Angelica Lim @petitegeek.bsky.social · 11/10/2026nautil.us/creating-fak...nautil.usCreating Fake People is a Terrible Idea - NautilusSo why is a company pursuing digital avatars with such gusto? 011 1
Dr. Angelica Lim @petitegeek.bsky.social · 11/10/2026It should be disallowed for AI chatbots to output hyper-realistic images of "themselves", similar argument as @anilseth.bsky.social 240 4
Dr. Angelica Lim @petitegeek.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Oh no, I was worried about this Muse deployment. 2 million daily users. This is very worrying! 271 7
Dr. Angelica Lim @petitegeek.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Combining this with agents, it's a huge security risk for mass manipulation and AI psychosis. www.rand.org/pubs/researc...rand.orgPotential Security Implications of AI-Induced PsychosisReports of psychosis induced by artificial intelligence suggest that large language models are capable of inducing or amplifying delusions or psychotic episodes in human users. What is the scope of th... 020 2
Dr. Angelica Lim @petitegeek.bsky.social · 07/10/2026To add to this, consider this from 2024 when a finance worker was tricked into transferring $25 million to scammers, following a video call with an AI-generated chief financial officer. www.cnn.com/2024/02/04/a...cnn.comFinance worker pays out $25 million after video call with deepfake ‘chief financial officer’ | CNNA finance worker at a multinational firm was tricked into paying out $25 million to fraudsters using deepfake technology to pose as the company’s chief financial officer in a video conference call, ac... 010 1
Dr. Angelica Lim @petitegeek.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I agree, this is ultra high risk. In AI psychosis and love cases, people thought they were falling for someone real. Now reality will be even more blurred. Deployment should not be permitted. 053 5
Reposted by Dr. Angelica LimSteve Fleming @smfleming.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Excited to be launching our new PhD program in Minds and Machines at UCL with co-Directors Tali Sharot and @nadinedijkstra.bsky.social To apply, find out more here: www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-scienc... Our launch event is on Nov 10th, with a cracking lineup of speakers: luma.com/cikzcth0lnkd.inLinkedInThis link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn 210252 102
Dr. Angelica Lim @petitegeek.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I have seen the same depression for people working in other AI fields. What excites me is turning AI efforts to modeling of clinical brain disorders >> neuroai.sfu.ca E.g. disorders related to neurotransmitters (Parkinson's, Schizophrenia), I'm unsure how well foundation models model those.neuroai.sfu.caSFU Neuro+AIBridging brain imaging and artificial intelligence at Simon Fraser University. 041 4
Reposted by Dr. Angelica LimMarco @mcognetta.bsky.social · 30/09/2026🚨 [Token][ization] Paper Alert 🚨 Tokenization is a wildly understudied area of language modeling despite it having effects across all of NLP. Over the past ~8 months, 32 (!) tokenizer researchers put together the most comprehensive survey of the field. Check it out! 113136 131
Reposted by Dr. Angelica LimTamas Spisak @tspisak.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Beyond pain: a brain-based biomarker predicts individual pain relief 056 6
Dr. Angelica Lim @petitegeek.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I have to admit it's even something that I have to remind myself to do. No one is immune! 110 1
Dr. Angelica Lim @petitegeek.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Yeah, unfortunate but true. As if I came in from the industry booths but it was the opening reception? Burned into my memory, it sucks! 010 1
Dr. Angelica Lim @petitegeek.bsky.social · 29/09/2026One easy fix is to ask the person at a robotics conference, "so what are you working on?" rather than "so are you in sales?" And if you are going to venture a guess at their research position, go high. If you think they're a grad student, they're probably a prof. 120 2
Dr. Angelica Lim @petitegeek.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I remember going to IROS as a PhD candidate and people asking if I was in marketing 220 2
Dr. Angelica Lim @petitegeek.bsky.social · 29/09/2026www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.com 000 0
Dr. Angelica Lim @petitegeek.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I sometimes come across work related to Hinton's suggestion on how to control AI. This paper scans people's brains while they imagine themselves experiencing unconditional love. 110 1
Reposted by Dr. Angelica LimThe HRI Conference @hri-conference.bsky.social · 24/09/2026HRI is excited to announce a new, archival Industry White Paper track! With this year's theme of 💡Innovative HRI💡, this track is meant to serve as a natural home for work that shows how HRI ideas become deployable, real-world systems. humanrobotinteraction.org/2027/industr... 012 2
Reposted by Dr. Angelica LimYoshua Bengio @yoshuabengio.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I was invited to address the UN Security Council this afternoon to discuss the unprecedented threat posed by uncontrolled frontier AI agents. 85020 50
Dr. Angelica Lim @petitegeek.bsky.social · 24/09/202650 commentaries from various groups around the world, excited to dig in www.cambridge.org/core/journal...cambridge.orgConscious artificial intelligence and biological naturalism | Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Cambridge CoreConscious artificial intelligence and biological naturalism - Volume 49 144 4
Dr. Angelica Lim @petitegeek.bsky.social · 22/09/2026One simple idea: just as people who want to run for mayor need 30 signatures to support their nomination, we should have at least one co-author willing to also back the paper. Cause if you can't convince at least one other human you have a reasonable idea, why should 3-4 reviewers need to tell you? 030 3
Dr. Angelica Lim @petitegeek.bsky.social · 22/09/2026But also there's a lot of grandiose delusions fueling "discoveries" now. The single authors are likely talking to their LLM which is encouraging them to get reviews, to validate their LLM-fueled epiphanies. 130 3
Dr. Angelica Lim @petitegeek.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Remember, conferences and journals are our system's way to separate reality from fantasy. Sometimes, discoveries like "the earth is round, not flat" is a real, new discovery. And science, and the review process is meant to help vet these discoveries. 110 1
Dr. Angelica Lim @petitegeek.bsky.social · 22/09/2026AI psychosis hits the AI field? Folks are talking about an increase in submissions to journals like TMLR and 60K submissions to ICML, especially new single author papers. Any professor will tell you they receive emails from random people describing the "discovery" they've made. 192 9
Reposted by Dr. Angelica LimNicole Rust @nicolecrust.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Who teaches (early) undergraduate courses on emotions, moods and such? I'm just gearing up to do this and I'd love to ask a few quick questions (textbook, approach). Please DM! Thank you. #affectivescience 0128 12
Reposted by Dr. Angelica LimYoshua Bengio @yoshuabengio.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I am very proud of what the team at @law-zero.bsky.social is building and deeply grateful for the landmark support from the Governments of Canada and Germany that will power our next phase of growth! 0125 12
Dr. Angelica Lim @petitegeek.bsky.social · 17/09/2026In addition to your excellent analysis, I might add empathic AI can also result in advantages *and* disadvantages, like in-group preference Decety, J., & Cowell, J. M. (2014). Friends or Foes: Is Empathy Necessary for Moral Behavior?. Perspectives on psychological science doi.org/10.1177/1745...doi.orgSage Journals: Discover world-class researchSubscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher. 000 0
Reposted by Dr. Angelica LimSally Xie @xallysie.bsky.social · 17/09/2026SFU social psych is hiring a tenure-track Asst Prof!! 🤩🎉 Our search prioritizes Black scholars. Come join a wonderful dept full of smart, kind people, and do psych research surrounded by mountains, ocean, a city, and natural beauty in BC. Please share widely & happy to answer qsts! flyn.im/dGFOwuTmy.spsp.org Job Search Job Search 055 5
Dr. Angelica Lim @petitegeek.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Not sure that poutine counts as a timeline cleanse, mais qu'est-ce que je suis contente d'être de retour à Montréal 🤩 170 7
Reposted by Dr. Angelica LimThe HRI Conference @hri-conference.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Submitting full papers to HRI 2027? Abstracts are due today, 11:59 PM AoE, anywhere on earth. Submission instructions: humanrobotinteraction.org/2027/full-pa...humanrobotinteraction.orgFull Papers – HRI 2027 013 3
Reposted by Dr. Angelica LimSchloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (LZI) @dagstuhl.de · 10/09/2026It is time for possible Dagstuhl proposals again! Proposals can be submitted between October 15 and November 1, 2026. For links to guidelines, more details on the process, and important dates see www.dagstuhl.de/en/institute...dagstuhl.deCall for Proposals (Deadline November 1, 2026)Call for Proposals (Deadline November 1, 2026) 0108 10
Reposted by Dr. Angelica LimThe HRI Conference @hri-conference.bsky.social · 04/09/2026HRI 2027 deadlines are coming up! 🤖 Check the flyer and our website for deadlines and ways you can contribute across all HRI 2027 submission opportunities. humanrobotinteraction.org/2027/ 035 5
Dr. Angelica Lim @petitegeek.bsky.social · 08/09/2026"People experiencing delusions during an episode of psychosis may be ‘living out’ a deeply held emotion, according to new research that provides a ‘radically different perspective’ on one of the most puzzling elements of psychosis." www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2026/ps...birmingham.ac.ukPsychosis patients ‘living in metaphor’ - new study radically shifts ideas about delusions - University of BirminghamNew paper challenges old notions of ‘glitched brain’ idea of delusions and instead focuses on physical experiences of strong and deeply held emotion. 031 3
Dr. Angelica Lim @petitegeek.bsky.social · 07/09/2026OpenAI just throwing around the idea of teaching machines to love. "An aligned AI should act with honesty and integrity, and love for humanity." 000 0
Reposted by Dr. Angelica LimThomas Dietterich @tdietterich.bsky.social · 23/08/20263. Increase in low-quality work. AI lowers the barriers to doing research (which is good), but new researchers tend to produce work that is even more incremental than in the past. We also see an increase in "my theory of everything"-style papers. 2382 38
Reposted by Dr. Angelica LimThe HRI Conference @hri-conference.bsky.social · 17/08/2026👋 Hi HRI! Which track are you submitting to? Abstract deadline: September 11, 2026 Full paper deadline: September 18, 2026 033 3
Reposted by Dr. Angelica LimAlex Fornito @alexfornito.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Thank-you @thetransmitter.bsky.social for covering our recent work led by @trangcao.bsky.social on the reproducibility of MRI phenotypes in psychiatry Story: www.thetransmitter.org/spectrum/neu... Article: www.nature.com/articles/s41...thetransmitter.orgNeuropsychiatric MRI brain signatures fail reproducibility testSmall neuroimaging studies are unlikely to capture consistent anatomical changes related to conditions such as autism, schizophrenia and mood disorders, according to a new “wake-up call” study. 13511 35