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Tomer Ullman @tomerullman.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Levine @sydneylevine.bsky.social et al.'s "Resource-rational contractualism: A triple theory of moral cognition" is out in BBS, highly worth your time: bit.ly/BBSLevine26 if you had time left, I had thoughts: "Non-negotiable problems for a negotiation framework of morality" bit.ly/BBSTUCom26

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Sydney Levine @sydneylevine.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Officially out!! Resource-rational contractualism: A triple theory of moral cognition. Our vision for a unified theory of moral cognition, putting agreement-based processes at the core of morality. Now out in BBS, published alongside 27 commentaries and our response.

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Judy Fan @judithfan.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

The Cognitive Tools Lab at Stanford (cogtoolslab.github.io) is recruiting two new research staff members to join in AY 26-27. Full-Time Lab Manager: forms.gle/UVwfx5wbY9Km.... IRiSS Predoc Researcher: iriss.stanford.edu/predoc/2026-.... Please share widely in your networks, thank you!!

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Sydney Levine @sydneylevine.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

@michael.muthukrishna.com and I are hiring a postdoc to join our labs at NYU! We're looking for someone excited to work on one of society's newly emerging and potentially generation-shaping challenges: the multi-agent alignment problem.

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Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Why do social norms work differently when we interact with AI? In a new paper (N = 1,108), we found that people are less sensitive to prosocial norms when interacting with AI because they are less accurate at predicting AI behavior. Read the full working paper: osf.io/8fhwg/

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Sydney Levine @sydneylevine.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

I'm recruiting a grad student! My lab at NYU (psych dept) studies the computational basis of moral cognition and aims to build AI systems that are aligned with human values. Now admitting a PhD student for Fall 2026. Apps due 12/1. sites.google.com/corp/site/sy...

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Graduate Students (PhD program) I will be accepting PhD students through the NYU psychology department for the current application cycle (for admission in Fall 2026). My lab is joint between the Co...

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Diego Reinero, Ph.D. @diegoreinero.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

🚨Excited to announce the full-day Moral Psychology pre-conference at #SPSP2026! We sold out last year, and with this year’s incredible speaker lineup, we expect the same. Submit your poster or data blitz abstract by Oct. 23! spsp.wufoo.com/forms/2026-p... There’s a best poster award!

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Ashley Thomas @ashleyjthomas.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Interested in applying to graduate programs or research positions in psychology? Want more information and feedback on your submission materials? Then Harvard’s Prospective Ph.D. & RA Event in Psychology (PPREP) Is for you!! psychology.fas.harvard.edu/pprep More info in the link!! Please retweet!

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Jean-François Bonnefon @jfbonnefon.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

This is the kind of outcome we foretold six years ago in a paper aptly titled Drivers Are Blamed More Than Their Automated Cars When Both Make Mistakes, with @awad.bsky.social @sohandsouza.info @sydneylevine.bsky.social @maxkw.bsky.social @azimshariff.bsky.social @iyadrahwan.bsky.social

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Jennifer Hu @jennhu.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Excited to announce the first workshop on CogInterp: Interpreting Cognition in Deep Learning Models @ NeurIPS 2025! 📣 How can we interpret the algorithms and representations underlying complex behavior in deep learning models? 🌐 coginterp.github.io/neurips2025/ 1/4

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Sydney Levine @sydneylevine.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Excited to be part of this vision!

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ryantlowe.bsky.social @ryantlowe.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Introducing: Full-Stack Alignment 🥞 A research program dedicated to co-aligning AI systems *and* institutions with what people value. It's the most ambitious project I've ever undertaken. Here's what we're doing: 🧵

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Mike Frank @mcxfrank.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

memo is a new probabilistic programming language for modeling social inferences quickly. Looks like a real advance over previous approaches: fast, python-based, easily integrated into data analysis. Super cool! pypi.org/project/memo... and osf.io/preprints/ps...

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A language for mental models

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Sydney Levine @sydneylevine.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

🔥 New position piece! 🔥 In this paper we lay out our vision for AI Alignment as guided by "Resource Rational Contractualism" (RRC). But wait -- what's that? A 🧵.

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Tracey Mills @traceym.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

If you’ll be at #CogSci2025, consider (or at least consider considering) attending our @cogscisociety.bsky.social workshop on meta reasoning 🤔🤨🧐 We’ll be discussing problem selection through various lenses represented by a great lineup of speakers!

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Workshop Description People are general purpose problem solvers. We obtain food and shelter, manage companies, solve moral dilemmas, spend years toiling away at thorny math problems, and even adopt a...

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Sydney Levine @sydneylevine.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

🔆 I'm hiring! 🔆 There are two open positions: 1. Summer research position (best for master's or graduate student); focus on computational social cognition. 2. Postdoc (currently interviewing!); focus on computational social cognition and AI safety. sites.google.com/corp/site/sy...

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Sydney Levine - Open Positions

Summer Research Position I am seeking a part-time or full-time researcher for the summer (starting asap) to bring a project to completion. The project asks the question: do people around the world u...

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Sydney Levine @sydneylevine.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

🔆 Announcement time!! 🔆 In Spring 2026, I will be joining the NYU Psychology department as an Assistant Professor! My lab will study the computational cognitive science of moral judgment and how we can use that knowledge to build AI systems that are safe and aligned with human values.

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Knight First Amendment Institute @knightcolumbia.org · 29/01/2025

📍EVENT: RSVP to join our April symposium examining the risks that advanced #AI systems pose to democratic freedoms, co-hosted with the Institute's Senior AI Advisor @sethlazar.org. www.eventbrite.com/e/artificial...

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Hyunwoo Kim @hyunwoo-kim.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

🚨New Paper! So o3-mini and R1 seem to excel on math & coding. But how good are they on other domains where verifiable rewards are not easily available, such as theory of mind (ToM)? Do they show similar behavioral patterns? 🤔 What if I told you it's...interesting, like the below?🧵

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Sydney Levine @sydneylevine.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

🚨 Now accepting commentary proposals!! 🚨Thrilled to share that our paper --- "Resource-rational contractualism: A triple theory of moral cognition" --- was accepted for publication at Behavioral and Brain Sciences and is open for commentary!

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