Iyad Rahwan | إياد رهوان
@iyadrahwan.bsky.social
Director, Max Planck Center for Humans & Machines http://chm.mpib-berlin.mpg.de | Former prof. @MIT | Creator of http://moralmachine.net | Art: http://instagram.com/iyad.rahwan Web: rahwan.me
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YouTube video by Der Divan - Das Arabische Kulturhaus
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Interview (in English) at Der Divan about AI, from a scientific and artistic perspective.
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Interview (in English) at Der Divan about AI, from a scientific and artistic perspective.
youtu.be/9CVTlcNvN24?...
Moltbook, the AI social network, is a fascinating phenomenon.
Those interested in studying these kinds of systems may find our 2019 (!) Nature paper on 'Machine Behavior' useful.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Those interested in studying these kinds of systems may find our 2019 (!) Nature paper on 'Machine Behavior' useful.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Machine behaviour - Nature
Understanding the behaviour of the machines powered by artificial intelligence that increasingly mediate our social, cultural, economic and political interactions is essential to our ability to contro...
www.nature.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:14 AM
Moltbook, the AI social network, is a fascinating phenomenon.
Those interested in studying these kinds of systems may find our 2019 (!) Nature paper on 'Machine Behavior' useful.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Those interested in studying these kinds of systems may find our 2019 (!) Nature paper on 'Machine Behavior' useful.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Machine+Behavior conference abstract submissions are coming in!
- Submission is still open until: 8 February.
- Conference: 18-19 May
Join our stellar invited speakers from diverse fields including Computer Science, Cognitive Science, Economics, Philosophy, Physics, etc.
machinebehavior.science
- Submission is still open until: 8 February.
- Conference: 18-19 May
Join our stellar invited speakers from diverse fields including Computer Science, Cognitive Science, Economics, Philosophy, Physics, etc.
machinebehavior.science
Machine+Behavior Conference
Welcome to the forefront of behavioral science in the digital age.
machinebehavior.science
February 6, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Machine+Behavior conference abstract submissions are coming in!
- Submission is still open until: 8 February.
- Conference: 18-19 May
Join our stellar invited speakers from diverse fields including Computer Science, Cognitive Science, Economics, Philosophy, Physics, etc.
machinebehavior.science
- Submission is still open until: 8 February.
- Conference: 18-19 May
Join our stellar invited speakers from diverse fields including Computer Science, Cognitive Science, Economics, Philosophy, Physics, etc.
machinebehavior.science
Interested in synthetic participants / LLM-based behavioral clones? Consider submitting to this (also alongside the 'Machine Behavior' conference).
DEADLINE EXTENSION
Workshop on Behavioral Clones @ Machine+Behavior
Join us in Berlin on 🗓Fri, 20 May 2026!
Submission Deadline: Wed, 11 Feb 2026
machinebehavior.science/behavioral-c...
Workshop on Behavioral Clones @ Machine+Behavior
Join us in Berlin on 🗓Fri, 20 May 2026!
Submission Deadline: Wed, 11 Feb 2026
machinebehavior.science/behavioral-c...
Machine+Behavior Conference
Welcome to the forefront of behavioral science in the digital age.
machinebehavior.science
February 5, 2026 at 11:08 AM
Interested in synthetic participants / LLM-based behavioral clones? Consider submitting to this (also alongside the 'Machine Behavior' conference).
How to encourage the proliferation of AI that complements, rather than replaces, human workers?
I am very happy to share our latest pre-print, spearheaded by
@qkzhong.bsky.social
Here, we explore how evolutionary theory can be used to address this question.
I am very happy to share our latest pre-print, spearheaded by
@qkzhong.bsky.social
Here, we explore how evolutionary theory can be used to address this question.
New preprint with @thomasfmueller.bsky.social Julian Garcia @iyadrahwan.bsky.social: Group Selection as a Safeguard Against AI Substitution. arxiv.org/pdf/2602.03541
February 4, 2026 at 2:13 PM
How to encourage the proliferation of AI that complements, rather than replaces, human workers?
I am very happy to share our latest pre-print, spearheaded by
@qkzhong.bsky.social
Here, we explore how evolutionary theory can be used to address this question.
I am very happy to share our latest pre-print, spearheaded by
@qkzhong.bsky.social
Here, we explore how evolutionary theory can be used to address this question.
Interesting reflections on our "Science Fiction Science" Nature paper, written up in Physics Magazine.
physics.aps.org/articles/9
cc @azimshariff.bsky.social @jfbonnefon.bsky.social
physics.aps.org/articles/9
cc @azimshariff.bsky.social @jfbonnefon.bsky.social
physics.aps.org
February 3, 2026 at 1:13 PM
Interesting reflections on our "Science Fiction Science" Nature paper, written up in Physics Magazine.
physics.aps.org/articles/9
cc @azimshariff.bsky.social @jfbonnefon.bsky.social
physics.aps.org/articles/9
cc @azimshariff.bsky.social @jfbonnefon.bsky.social
Submission deadline for our Machine+Behavior conference (May 18-19) is approaching.
Abstract submission: February 8
Notification: February 23
Hope to see you in Berlin this Spring.
machinebehavior.science
Abstract submission: February 8
Notification: February 23
Hope to see you in Berlin this Spring.
machinebehavior.science
Machine+Behavior Conference
Welcome to the forefront of behavioral science in the digital age.
machinebehavior.science
January 19, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Submission deadline for our Machine+Behavior conference (May 18-19) is approaching.
Abstract submission: February 8
Notification: February 23
Hope to see you in Berlin this Spring.
machinebehavior.science
Abstract submission: February 8
Notification: February 23
Hope to see you in Berlin this Spring.
machinebehavior.science
Inspiring new video series by @nachristakis.bsky.social about being a scientist. Highly recommended.
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The Feeling of Discovery
YouTube video by For the Love of Science
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January 5, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Inspiring new video series by @nachristakis.bsky.social about being a scientist. Highly recommended.
youtu.be/cdHPzggn-tk?...
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New name, new focus: The Max Planck Institute for Collective Goods is now the Max Planck Institute for Behavioral #Economics. This name change reflects the research conducted in Bonn very nicely. 👍 www.coll.mpg.de #BehavioralEconomics
January 5, 2026 at 10:36 AM
New name, new focus: The Max Planck Institute for Collective Goods is now the Max Planck Institute for Behavioral #Economics. This name change reflects the research conducted in Bonn very nicely. 👍 www.coll.mpg.de #BehavioralEconomics
Machine+Behavior is back! Pls spread the word.
18-19 May
Submission 8 Feb
Speakers include: Tom Griffiths, Allan Dafoe, Thore Graepel, Laura Weidinger, Kinga Makovi, @baronca.bsky.social, @drkatedevlin.bsky.social, Emilio Calvano, Brian D. Earp, Christopher Summerfield
machinebehavior.science
18-19 May
Submission 8 Feb
Speakers include: Tom Griffiths, Allan Dafoe, Thore Graepel, Laura Weidinger, Kinga Makovi, @baronca.bsky.social, @drkatedevlin.bsky.social, Emilio Calvano, Brian D. Earp, Christopher Summerfield
machinebehavior.science
Machine+Behavior Conference
Welcome to the forefront of behavioral science in the digital age.
machinebehavior.science
December 22, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Machine+Behavior is back! Pls spread the word.
18-19 May
Submission 8 Feb
Speakers include: Tom Griffiths, Allan Dafoe, Thore Graepel, Laura Weidinger, Kinga Makovi, @baronca.bsky.social, @drkatedevlin.bsky.social, Emilio Calvano, Brian D. Earp, Christopher Summerfield
machinebehavior.science
18-19 May
Submission 8 Feb
Speakers include: Tom Griffiths, Allan Dafoe, Thore Graepel, Laura Weidinger, Kinga Makovi, @baronca.bsky.social, @drkatedevlin.bsky.social, Emilio Calvano, Brian D. Earp, Christopher Summerfield
machinebehavior.science
Unfortunately, even when autonomous vehicles are safer, psychological factors still prevent wide-spread adoption:
How safe is safe enough? Psychological mechanisms underlying extreme safety demands for self-driving cars. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies.
doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...
How safe is safe enough? Psychological mechanisms underlying extreme safety demands for self-driving cars. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies.
doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...
December 2, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Unfortunately, even when autonomous vehicles are safer, psychological factors still prevent wide-spread adoption:
How safe is safe enough? Psychological mechanisms underlying extreme safety demands for self-driving cars. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies.
doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...
How safe is safe enough? Psychological mechanisms underlying extreme safety demands for self-driving cars. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies.
doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...
🚨Paper Alert 🚨 Did 1st contact with ChatGPT alter sentiment about AI?
First interactions with generative chatbots shape local but not global sentiments about AI
Work with Eva Schmidt, Mengchen Dong, @jfbonnefon.bsky.social, Clara Bersch, @nckobis.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
First interactions with generative chatbots shape local but not global sentiments about AI
Work with Eva Schmidt, Mengchen Dong, @jfbonnefon.bsky.social, Clara Bersch, @nckobis.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
First interactions with generative chatbots shape local but not global sentiments about AI
As artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots become increasingly integrated into everyday life, it is important to understand how direct interaction with …
www.sciencedirect.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:03 PM
🚨Paper Alert 🚨 Did 1st contact with ChatGPT alter sentiment about AI?
First interactions with generative chatbots shape local but not global sentiments about AI
Work with Eva Schmidt, Mengchen Dong, @jfbonnefon.bsky.social, Clara Bersch, @nckobis.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
First interactions with generative chatbots shape local but not global sentiments about AI
Work with Eva Schmidt, Mengchen Dong, @jfbonnefon.bsky.social, Clara Bersch, @nckobis.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Thank you Francesca, and everyone who attended, for a wonderful evening.
Great day in Turin yesterday! Congratulations to Professor @iyadrahwan.bsky.social winner of the Lagrange Prize 2025 for his pioneering work at the intersection of computer science and human behavior.
@isi.it
@isi.it
October 29, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Thank you Francesca, and everyone who attended, for a wonderful evening.
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Congratulations to Iyad Rahwan (@iyadrahwan.bsky.social), recipient of the Lagrange Prize – CRT Foundation Edition 2025, recognizing groundbreaking research in complex systems and data science! 🌍🤖
More info @isi.it:
www.isi.it/press-releas...
More info @isi.it:
www.isi.it/press-releas...
October 29, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Congratulations to Iyad Rahwan (@iyadrahwan.bsky.social), recipient of the Lagrange Prize – CRT Foundation Edition 2025, recognizing groundbreaking research in complex systems and data science! 🌍🤖
More info @isi.it:
www.isi.it/press-releas...
More info @isi.it:
www.isi.it/press-releas...
I am deeply honored to be awarded the Lagrange Prize 🏆, the premier award in the field of Complex Systems.
I'd like to share this moment with all my current and past students, research team members, and collaborators over the years.
Thank you CRT Foundation & @isi.it for this honor
I'd like to share this moment with all my current and past students, research team members, and collaborators over the years.
Thank you CRT Foundation & @isi.it for this honor
🎉 ISI Foundation is thrilled to announce that the Lagrange Prize – CRT Foundation Edition 2025 has been awarded to Professor Iyad Rahwan @iyadrahwan.bsky.social, Director of the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin!
October 27, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I am deeply honored to be awarded the Lagrange Prize 🏆, the premier award in the field of Complex Systems.
I'd like to share this moment with all my current and past students, research team members, and collaborators over the years.
Thank you CRT Foundation & @isi.it for this honor
I'd like to share this moment with all my current and past students, research team members, and collaborators over the years.
Thank you CRT Foundation & @isi.it for this honor
A word of gratitude to the anonymous reviewers, the unsung heroes of science.
We recently had the great fortune to publish in @nature.com. We even made the cover of the issue, with a witty tagline that summarizes the paper: "Cheat Code: Delegating to AI can encourage dishonest behaviour"
🧵 1/n
We recently had the great fortune to publish in @nature.com. We even made the cover of the issue, with a witty tagline that summarizes the paper: "Cheat Code: Delegating to AI can encourage dishonest behaviour"
🧵 1/n
October 21, 2025 at 3:20 PM
A word of gratitude to the anonymous reviewers, the unsung heroes of science.
We recently had the great fortune to publish in @nature.com. We even made the cover of the issue, with a witty tagline that summarizes the paper: "Cheat Code: Delegating to AI can encourage dishonest behaviour"
🧵 1/n
We recently had the great fortune to publish in @nature.com. We even made the cover of the issue, with a witty tagline that summarizes the paper: "Cheat Code: Delegating to AI can encourage dishonest behaviour"
🧵 1/n
Delighted that our paper on 'Delegation to AI can increase dishonest behaviour' is featured today on the cover of @nature.com
Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
October 2, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Delighted that our paper on 'Delegation to AI can increase dishonest behaviour' is featured today on the cover of @nature.com
Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
PhD Scholarships
If you're interested in studying with me, here's a new funding scheme just launched by @maxplanck.de: The Max Planck AI Network
ai.mpg.de
Application deadline 31 October
If you're interested in studying with me, here's a new funding scheme just launched by @maxplanck.de: The Max Planck AI Network
ai.mpg.de
Application deadline 31 October
September 29, 2025 at 11:56 AM
PhD Scholarships
If you're interested in studying with me, here's a new funding scheme just launched by @maxplanck.de: The Max Planck AI Network
ai.mpg.de
Application deadline 31 October
If you're interested in studying with me, here's a new funding scheme just launched by @maxplanck.de: The Max Planck AI Network
ai.mpg.de
Application deadline 31 October
Now out in Scientific American. Great interview with @nckobis.bsky.social & Zoe Rahwan about our recent @nature.com article.
People Are More Likely to Cheat When They Use AI
www.scientificamerican.com/article/peop...
Thanks @rachelnuwer.bsky.social & @parshallison.bsky.social
People Are More Likely to Cheat When They Use AI
www.scientificamerican.com/article/peop...
Thanks @rachelnuwer.bsky.social & @parshallison.bsky.social
People Are More Likely to Cheat When They Use AI
Participants in a new study were more likely to cheat when delegating to AI—especially if they could encourage machines to break rules without explicitly asking for it
www.scientificamerican.com
September 28, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Now out in Scientific American. Great interview with @nckobis.bsky.social & Zoe Rahwan about our recent @nature.com article.
People Are More Likely to Cheat When They Use AI
www.scientificamerican.com/article/peop...
Thanks @rachelnuwer.bsky.social & @parshallison.bsky.social
People Are More Likely to Cheat When They Use AI
www.scientificamerican.com/article/peop...
Thanks @rachelnuwer.bsky.social & @parshallison.bsky.social
Thank you @meharpist.bsky.social for handling this paper, and helping us improve it substantially over the revisions. And many thanks for the amazing anonymous reviewers, who gave the paper tough but fair love.
Would you let AI (LLMs) cheat for you? New work out in @nature.com shows that people are indeed willing to instruct AI in ways that will benefit themselves, despite not being totally honest. Great work by @nckobis.bsky.social and @iyadrahwan.bsky.social et al 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Delegation to artificial intelligence can increase dishonest behaviour - Nature
People cheat more when they delegate tasks to artificial intelligence, and large language models are more likely than humans to comply with unethical instructions—a risk that can be minimized by ...
www.nature.com
September 19, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Thank you @meharpist.bsky.social for handling this paper, and helping us improve it substantially over the revisions. And many thanks for the amazing anonymous reviewers, who gave the paper tough but fair love.
Reposted by Iyad Rahwan | إياد رهوان
Nature research paper: Delegation to artificial intelligence can increase dishonest behaviour
go.nature.com/3KsDgbG
go.nature.com/3KsDgbG
Delegation to artificial intelligence can increase dishonest behaviour - Nature
People cheat more when they delegate tasks to artificial intelligence, and large language models are more likely than humans to comply with unethical instructions—a risk that can be minimized by introducing prohibitive, task-specific guardrails.
go.nature.com
September 18, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Nature research paper: Delegation to artificial intelligence can increase dishonest behaviour
go.nature.com/3KsDgbG
go.nature.com/3KsDgbG
Why AI could make people more likely to lie
Coverage of our recent paper by THe Independent, with nice commentary by @swachter.bsky.social
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Coverage of our recent paper by THe Independent, with nice commentary by @swachter.bsky.social
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Why AI could make people more likely to lie
A new study has revealed that people feel much more comfortable being deceitful when using AI
www.independent.co.uk
September 18, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Why AI could make people more likely to lie
Coverage of our recent paper by THe Independent, with nice commentary by @swachter.bsky.social
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Coverage of our recent paper by THe Independent, with nice commentary by @swachter.bsky.social
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Would you let AI cheat for you?
Our new paper in @nature.com, 5 years in the making, is out today.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Our new paper in @nature.com, 5 years in the making, is out today.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
September 17, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Would you let AI cheat for you?
Our new paper in @nature.com, 5 years in the making, is out today.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Our new paper in @nature.com, 5 years in the making, is out today.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The new application cycle for our fully funded international graduate program has just started. You can now apply via our website, sign up for a Q&A, or participate in the Applicant Support Program cognition.maxplanckschools.org/en ! 👍🏻🧠👏🏾#passionforscience, #maxplanckschools
September 4, 2025 at 11:21 AM
The new application cycle for our fully funded international graduate program has just started. You can now apply via our website, sign up for a Q&A, or participate in the Applicant Support Program cognition.maxplanckschools.org/en ! 👍🏻🧠👏🏾#passionforscience, #maxplanckschools
Symposium on Cross-Cultural Artificial Intelligence
We are organizing this in-person event in Berlin on 10 Oct 2025, with a 'School on Cross Cultural AI' on 9 Oct.
We have an amazing line-up of speakers (see link)
Registration is open, but places are limited: derdivan.org/event/sympos...
We are organizing this in-person event in Berlin on 10 Oct 2025, with a 'School on Cross Cultural AI' on 9 Oct.
We have an amazing line-up of speakers (see link)
Registration is open, but places are limited: derdivan.org/event/sympos...
September 8, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Symposium on Cross-Cultural Artificial Intelligence
We are organizing this in-person event in Berlin on 10 Oct 2025, with a 'School on Cross Cultural AI' on 9 Oct.
We have an amazing line-up of speakers (see link)
Registration is open, but places are limited: derdivan.org/event/sympos...
We are organizing this in-person event in Berlin on 10 Oct 2025, with a 'School on Cross Cultural AI' on 9 Oct.
We have an amazing line-up of speakers (see link)
Registration is open, but places are limited: derdivan.org/event/sympos...
Fully funded PhD scholarships at the Max Planck School of Cognition (Deadline Dec 1st)
You can apply to work with me or one of the many amazing school faculty.
Apply here: cognition.maxplanckschools.org/en/application
You can apply to work with me or one of the many amazing school faculty.
Apply here: cognition.maxplanckschools.org/en/application
Application
Application; application procedure; FAQs; handbook
cognition.maxplanckschools.org
September 5, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Fully funded PhD scholarships at the Max Planck School of Cognition (Deadline Dec 1st)
You can apply to work with me or one of the many amazing school faculty.
Apply here: cognition.maxplanckschools.org/en/application
You can apply to work with me or one of the many amazing school faculty.
Apply here: cognition.maxplanckschools.org/en/application