Jason W. Burton
@jasonburton.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at the University of Copenhagen // Associate Research Scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development
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Generative AI (GenAI) can do more than just answer questions - it can tailor its responses based on users’ preferences, habits, and even emotional tone.
We call this capability hypercustomization - explored in our new paper in Behavioral Science & Policy. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
We call this capability hypercustomization - explored in our new paper in Behavioral Science & Policy. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
The governance & behavioral challenges of generative artificial intelligence’s hypercustomization capabilities - Christoph M. Abels, Ezequiel Lopez-Lopez, Jason W. Burton, Dawn L. Holford, Levin Brink...
Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is changing human–machine interactions and the broader information ecosystem. Much as social media algorithms persona...
journals.sagepub.com
July 7, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Generative AI (GenAI) can do more than just answer questions - it can tailor its responses based on users’ preferences, habits, and even emotional tone.
We call this capability hypercustomization - explored in our new paper in Behavioral Science & Policy. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
We call this capability hypercustomization - explored in our new paper in Behavioral Science & Policy. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Reposted by Jason W. Burton
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Often our tech policy interventions operate from linear, top-down assumptions that don't account for the complexity they seek to govern.
To dig into this I'm co-organizing a workshop at ACM CI 2025 with Jason Burton, Joe Bak-Coleman, + Naomi Shiffman. You should come!
ci-x-tp.github.io
Often our tech policy interventions operate from linear, top-down assumptions that don't account for the complexity they seek to govern.
To dig into this I'm co-organizing a workshop at ACM CI 2025 with Jason Burton, Joe Bak-Coleman, + Naomi Shiffman. You should come!
ci-x-tp.github.io
June 30, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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Often our tech policy interventions operate from linear, top-down assumptions that don't account for the complexity they seek to govern.
To dig into this I'm co-organizing a workshop at ACM CI 2025 with Jason Burton, Joe Bak-Coleman, + Naomi Shiffman. You should come!
ci-x-tp.github.io
Often our tech policy interventions operate from linear, top-down assumptions that don't account for the complexity they seek to govern.
To dig into this I'm co-organizing a workshop at ACM CI 2025 with Jason Burton, Joe Bak-Coleman, + Naomi Shiffman. You should come!
ci-x-tp.github.io
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I am privileged to announce the publication of the Anti-Autocracy Handbook: sks.to/autocracy 1/12
The Anti-Autocracy Handbook: A Scholars' Guide to Navigating Democratic Backsliding
The Anti-Autocracy Handbook is a call to action, resilience, and collective defence of democracy, truth, and academic freedom in the face of mounting authoritarianism. It tries to provide guidance to ...
sks.to
June 19, 2025 at 9:44 AM
I am privileged to announce the publication of the Anti-Autocracy Handbook: sks.to/autocracy 1/12
🚨 Workshop update 🚨
We're excited to announce that @naomishiffman.bsky.social will be joining to share her experience with designing and passing implementable tech policy.
Our half-day agenda is up (ci-x-tp.github.io) and early registration for @acmci.bsky.social ends on 23 June — don’t miss out!
We're excited to announce that @naomishiffman.bsky.social will be joining to share her experience with designing and passing implementable tech policy.
Our half-day agenda is up (ci-x-tp.github.io) and early registration for @acmci.bsky.social ends on 23 June — don’t miss out!
(1/4) Ever wondered what tech policy might look like if it were informed by research on collective intelligence and complex systems? 🧠🧑💻
Join @jbakcoleman.bsky.social, @lukethorburn.com, and myself in San Diego on Aug 4th for the Collective Intelligence x Tech Policy workshop at @acmci.bsky.social!
Join @jbakcoleman.bsky.social, @lukethorburn.com, and myself in San Diego on Aug 4th for the Collective Intelligence x Tech Policy workshop at @acmci.bsky.social!
June 18, 2025 at 7:52 AM
🚨 Workshop update 🚨
We're excited to announce that @naomishiffman.bsky.social will be joining to share her experience with designing and passing implementable tech policy.
Our half-day agenda is up (ci-x-tp.github.io) and early registration for @acmci.bsky.social ends on 23 June — don’t miss out!
We're excited to announce that @naomishiffman.bsky.social will be joining to share her experience with designing and passing implementable tech policy.
Our half-day agenda is up (ci-x-tp.github.io) and early registration for @acmci.bsky.social ends on 23 June — don’t miss out!
Reposted by Jason W. Burton
(1/4) Ever wondered what tech policy might look like if it were informed by research on collective intelligence and complex systems? 🧠🧑💻
Join @jbakcoleman.bsky.social, @lukethorburn.com, and myself in San Diego on Aug 4th for the Collective Intelligence x Tech Policy workshop at @acmci.bsky.social!
Join @jbakcoleman.bsky.social, @lukethorburn.com, and myself in San Diego on Aug 4th for the Collective Intelligence x Tech Policy workshop at @acmci.bsky.social!
May 19, 2025 at 11:01 AM
(1/4) Ever wondered what tech policy might look like if it were informed by research on collective intelligence and complex systems? 🧠🧑💻
Join @jbakcoleman.bsky.social, @lukethorburn.com, and myself in San Diego on Aug 4th for the Collective Intelligence x Tech Policy workshop at @acmci.bsky.social!
Join @jbakcoleman.bsky.social, @lukethorburn.com, and myself in San Diego on Aug 4th for the Collective Intelligence x Tech Policy workshop at @acmci.bsky.social!
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🚨New podcast episode!!🚨
Ralph Hertwig calls for a shift from nudging to boosting—empowering people with the skills to make informed decisions. It’s a transparent way to strengthen agency in the face of challenges like misinformation, climate change, and more.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9r-...
Ralph Hertwig calls for a shift from nudging to boosting—empowering people with the skills to make informed decisions. It’s a transparent way to strengthen agency in the face of challenges like misinformation, climate change, and more.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9r-...
May 20, 2025 at 2:26 PM
🚨New podcast episode!!🚨
Ralph Hertwig calls for a shift from nudging to boosting—empowering people with the skills to make informed decisions. It’s a transparent way to strengthen agency in the face of challenges like misinformation, climate change, and more.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9r-...
Ralph Hertwig calls for a shift from nudging to boosting—empowering people with the skills to make informed decisions. It’s a transparent way to strengthen agency in the face of challenges like misinformation, climate change, and more.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9r-...
(1/4) Ever wondered what tech policy might look like if it were informed by research on collective intelligence and complex systems? 🧠🧑💻
Join @jbakcoleman.bsky.social, @lukethorburn.com, and myself in San Diego on Aug 4th for the Collective Intelligence x Tech Policy workshop at @acmci.bsky.social!
Join @jbakcoleman.bsky.social, @lukethorburn.com, and myself in San Diego on Aug 4th for the Collective Intelligence x Tech Policy workshop at @acmci.bsky.social!
May 19, 2025 at 11:01 AM
(1/4) Ever wondered what tech policy might look like if it were informed by research on collective intelligence and complex systems? 🧠🧑💻
Join @jbakcoleman.bsky.social, @lukethorburn.com, and myself in San Diego on Aug 4th for the Collective Intelligence x Tech Policy workshop at @acmci.bsky.social!
Join @jbakcoleman.bsky.social, @lukethorburn.com, and myself in San Diego on Aug 4th for the Collective Intelligence x Tech Policy workshop at @acmci.bsky.social!
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New preprint with @jbakcoleman.bsky.social @lewan.bsky.social @randomwalker.bsky.social @orbenamy.bsky.social @lfoswaldo.bsky.social where we argue for a complex-system perspective to understand the causal effects of social media on society and for a triangulation of methods
arxiv.org/abs/2505.09254
arxiv.org/abs/2505.09254
Moving towards informative and actionable social media research
Social media is nearly ubiquitous in modern life, and concerns have been raised about its putative societal impacts, ranging from undermining mental health and exacerbating polarization to fomenting v...
arxiv.org
May 15, 2025 at 6:31 AM
New preprint with @jbakcoleman.bsky.social @lewan.bsky.social @randomwalker.bsky.social @orbenamy.bsky.social @lfoswaldo.bsky.social where we argue for a complex-system perspective to understand the causal effects of social media on society and for a triangulation of methods
arxiv.org/abs/2505.09254
arxiv.org/abs/2505.09254
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I'm excited that I can finally share what I've been working on for the past 9 months:
The United Nations 2025 Human Development Report: "A matter of choice: People and possibilities in the age of AI" 🧵
hdr.undp.org/content/huma...
The United Nations 2025 Human Development Report: "A matter of choice: People and possibilities in the age of AI" 🧵
hdr.undp.org/content/huma...
May 6, 2025 at 9:03 AM
I'm excited that I can finally share what I've been working on for the past 9 months:
The United Nations 2025 Human Development Report: "A matter of choice: People and possibilities in the age of AI" 🧵
hdr.undp.org/content/huma...
The United Nations 2025 Human Development Report: "A matter of choice: People and possibilities in the age of AI" 🧵
hdr.undp.org/content/huma...
Another example of why we need a new approach to address the ethics of social media experiments
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
@vincentjstraub.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
@vincentjstraub.bsky.social
April 29, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Another example of why we need a new approach to address the ethics of social media experiments
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
@vincentjstraub.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
@vincentjstraub.bsky.social
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Webinar "Collective Intelligence in the era of LLMs"
April 24 5-6pm CET
www.hacid-project.eu/hacid-webina...
Register
nesta.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Speakers:
- Jason Burton, Copenhagen Business School
- Lucie Flek, University of Bonn
- Nikolas Zöller, Max Planck Institute for Human Development
Webinar "Collective Intelligence in the era of LLMs"
April 24 5-6pm CET
www.hacid-project.eu/hacid-webina...
Register
nesta.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Speakers:
- Jason Burton, Copenhagen Business School
- Lucie Flek, University of Bonn
- Nikolas Zöller, Max Planck Institute for Human Development
April 11, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Webinar "Collective Intelligence in the era of LLMs"
April 24 5-6pm CET
www.hacid-project.eu/hacid-webina...
Register
nesta.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Speakers:
- Jason Burton, Copenhagen Business School
- Lucie Flek, University of Bonn
- Nikolas Zöller, Max Planck Institute for Human Development
Webinar "Collective Intelligence in the era of LLMs"
April 24 5-6pm CET
www.hacid-project.eu/hacid-webina...
Register
nesta.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Speakers:
- Jason Burton, Copenhagen Business School
- Lucie Flek, University of Bonn
- Nikolas Zöller, Max Planck Institute for Human Development
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🚨 UPCOMING EVENT: Artificial Intelligence and Democratic Freedoms, April 10-11 at @columbiauniversity.bsky.social & online. In collaboration with Senior AI Advisor @sethlazar.org & co-sponsored by the Knight Institute and @columbiaseas.bsky.social. RSVP: knightcolumbia.org/events/artif...
February 28, 2025 at 4:38 PM
🚨 UPCOMING EVENT: Artificial Intelligence and Democratic Freedoms, April 10-11 at @columbiauniversity.bsky.social & online. In collaboration with Senior AI Advisor @sethlazar.org & co-sponsored by the Knight Institute and @columbiaseas.bsky.social. RSVP: knightcolumbia.org/events/artif...
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Revised ethical guidelines for social media experiments have not stuck. A participatory governance approach, akin to developments in AI, can improve practices & align the interests of researchers, platforms & users. @vincentjstraub.bsky.social @jasonburton.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Participatory approaches should be used to address the ethics of social media experiments - Communications Psychology
The use of social media field experiments has led to calls for revised ethical guidelines—but none have stuck. A participatory governance approach, similar to developments in AI, can improve practices...
www.nature.com
February 21, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Revised ethical guidelines for social media experiments have not stuck. A participatory governance approach, akin to developments in AI, can improve practices & align the interests of researchers, platforms & users. @vincentjstraub.bsky.social @jasonburton.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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Endlessly reading news, but can’t recall details of it later? Worried you rely on the internet/your phone to store things instead of your brain?
Me too. I explored for @nature.com whether the internet (and AI) is worsening human memory, according to research. www.nature.com/articles/d41... 1/3
Me too. I explored for @nature.com whether the internet (and AI) is worsening human memory, according to research. www.nature.com/articles/d41... 1/3
Are the Internet and AI affecting our memory? What the science says
Search engines, GPS maps and other tech can alter our ability to learn and remember. Now scientists are working out what AI might do.
www.nature.com
February 5, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Endlessly reading news, but can’t recall details of it later? Worried you rely on the internet/your phone to store things instead of your brain?
Me too. I explored for @nature.com whether the internet (and AI) is worsening human memory, according to research. www.nature.com/articles/d41... 1/3
Me too. I explored for @nature.com whether the internet (and AI) is worsening human memory, according to research. www.nature.com/articles/d41... 1/3
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🚨 Applications for the 22nd Summer Institute on Bounded Rationality are now open!
🌐 Join us in Berlin @mpib-berlin.bsky.social from June 17–25, 2025 to explore "Decision Making in a Digital World".
✏️ Application deadline is March 9 - more info at 👇!!
www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/research/res...
🌐 Join us in Berlin @mpib-berlin.bsky.social from June 17–25, 2025 to explore "Decision Making in a Digital World".
✏️ Application deadline is March 9 - more info at 👇!!
www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/research/res...
Summer Institute
www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de
February 4, 2025 at 2:42 PM
🚨 Applications for the 22nd Summer Institute on Bounded Rationality are now open!
🌐 Join us in Berlin @mpib-berlin.bsky.social from June 17–25, 2025 to explore "Decision Making in a Digital World".
✏️ Application deadline is March 9 - more info at 👇!!
www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/research/res...
🌐 Join us in Berlin @mpib-berlin.bsky.social from June 17–25, 2025 to explore "Decision Making in a Digital World".
✏️ Application deadline is March 9 - more info at 👇!!
www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/research/res...
There's been lots of speculation about potential societal impacts of LLMs 🌍
In a new Nature Human Behaviour (@natureportfolio.bsky.social) article, I and 27 researchers argue that we should be thinking about those impacts through the lens of collective intelligence
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
In a new Nature Human Behaviour (@natureportfolio.bsky.social) article, I and 27 researchers argue that we should be thinking about those impacts through the lens of collective intelligence
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
How large language models can reshape collective intelligence - Nature Human Behaviour
Collective intelligence is the basis for group success and is frequently supported by information technology. Burton et al. argue that large language models are transforming information access and tra...
www.nature.com
September 20, 2024 at 12:38 PM
There's been lots of speculation about potential societal impacts of LLMs 🌍
In a new Nature Human Behaviour (@natureportfolio.bsky.social) article, I and 27 researchers argue that we should be thinking about those impacts through the lens of collective intelligence
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
In a new Nature Human Behaviour (@natureportfolio.bsky.social) article, I and 27 researchers argue that we should be thinking about those impacts through the lens of collective intelligence
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Academics! Where do you prefer or hope to publish?
Have a few minute to tell us? My group at CU Boulder is surveying the publication preferences of academics in a pairwise comparison survey called Publish or Comparish.
→ tinyurl.com/PubPrefs
Thanks for considering & pls share with colleagues!
Have a few minute to tell us? My group at CU Boulder is surveying the publication preferences of academics in a pairwise comparison survey called Publish or Comparish.
→ tinyurl.com/PubPrefs
Thanks for considering & pls share with colleagues!
September 13, 2024 at 6:53 PM
Academics! Where do you prefer or hope to publish?
Have a few minute to tell us? My group at CU Boulder is surveying the publication preferences of academics in a pairwise comparison survey called Publish or Comparish.
→ tinyurl.com/PubPrefs
Thanks for considering & pls share with colleagues!
Have a few minute to tell us? My group at CU Boulder is surveying the publication preferences of academics in a pairwise comparison survey called Publish or Comparish.
→ tinyurl.com/PubPrefs
Thanks for considering & pls share with colleagues!
Are social media algorithms affecting the beliefs people form? Can we design prosocial algorithms to promote belief accuracy and consensus?
Check out my recent work w/ @stefanherzog.bsky.social and @lorenzspreen.bsky.social for new evidence from a controlled, pre-reg'd experiment.
bit.ly/4bL1AOZ
Check out my recent work w/ @stefanherzog.bsky.social and @lorenzspreen.bsky.social for new evidence from a controlled, pre-reg'd experiment.
bit.ly/4bL1AOZ
June 11, 2024 at 9:35 AM
Are social media algorithms affecting the beliefs people form? Can we design prosocial algorithms to promote belief accuracy and consensus?
Check out my recent work w/ @stefanherzog.bsky.social and @lorenzspreen.bsky.social for new evidence from a controlled, pre-reg'd experiment.
bit.ly/4bL1AOZ
Check out my recent work w/ @stefanherzog.bsky.social and @lorenzspreen.bsky.social for new evidence from a controlled, pre-reg'd experiment.
bit.ly/4bL1AOZ
Reposted by Jason W. Burton
Join us at this year's EADM summer school at the MPI for Human Development, Sep 9-13, with keynotes from
@melaniemitchell.bsky.social, @iyadrahwan.bsky.social, Gaël Le Mens, @chiaralongoni.bsky.social and talks from Laura Weidinger, @jasonburton.bsky.social, @zoepurcell.bsky.social, and Nils Köbis!
@melaniemitchell.bsky.social, @iyadrahwan.bsky.social, Gaël Le Mens, @chiaralongoni.bsky.social and talks from Laura Weidinger, @jasonburton.bsky.social, @zoepurcell.bsky.social, and Nils Köbis!
February 15, 2024 at 5:10 PM
Join us at this year's EADM summer school at the MPI for Human Development, Sep 9-13, with keynotes from
@melaniemitchell.bsky.social, @iyadrahwan.bsky.social, Gaël Le Mens, @chiaralongoni.bsky.social and talks from Laura Weidinger, @jasonburton.bsky.social, @zoepurcell.bsky.social, and Nils Köbis!
@melaniemitchell.bsky.social, @iyadrahwan.bsky.social, Gaël Le Mens, @chiaralongoni.bsky.social and talks from Laura Weidinger, @jasonburton.bsky.social, @zoepurcell.bsky.social, and Nils Köbis!
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NEW ESSAY: In Algorithmic Amplification for Collective Intelligence, Jason W. Burton posits that the promise of democratized social media has largely gone unrealized, and suggests how to design & evaluate algorithms to enhance deliberation online. Read here: knightcolumbia.org/content/algo...
September 21, 2023 at 4:23 PM
NEW ESSAY: In Algorithmic Amplification for Collective Intelligence, Jason W. Burton posits that the promise of democratized social media has largely gone unrealized, and suggests how to design & evaluate algorithms to enhance deliberation online. Read here: knightcolumbia.org/content/algo...