Jean-François Bonnefon
@jfbonnefon.bsky.social
Behavioral Science of AI @ Toulouse School of Economics @tse-fr.eu Director of @iast.fr Chair of Moral AI @ Artificial and Natural Intelligence Toulouse Institute https://jfbonnefon.github.io/ I have a successful life with bipolar disorder
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“In simple terms: a heavier car offers diminishing safety benefits to the person inside it, while imposing rapidly increasing risk on everyone else.” (Graph from The Economist)
December 31, 2025 at 2:15 AM
“In simple terms: a heavier car offers diminishing safety benefits to the person inside it, while imposing rapidly increasing risk on everyone else.” (Graph from The Economist)
Uh oh, now I’m Secretary in Chief of the Offices of the Lords of State and Head of the Imperial Bureaucratic Service. And I just can’t get my family to understand what that job really is.
Well, now I'm an English professor...
December 30, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Uh oh, now I’m Secretary in Chief of the Offices of the Lords of State and Head of the Imperial Bureaucratic Service. And I just can’t get my family to understand what that job really is.
All the novels I finished during 2024 and 2025, by genre and year of publication. Romance is somewhat underestimated because I just displayed the primary genre
December 29, 2025 at 5:05 PM
All the novels I finished during 2024 and 2025, by genre and year of publication. Romance is somewhat underestimated because I just displayed the primary genre
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WORKSHOP ON BEHAVIORAL CLONES
Imitating humans is a powerful route to machine behavior and an emerging lens on human cognition and social simulation.
🗓 Fri, 20 May 2026
Following Machine+Behavior @ Max Planck Berlin
Invited talks: Danica Dillon, @marcelbinz.bsky.social
Imitating humans is a powerful route to machine behavior and an emerging lens on human cognition and social simulation.
🗓 Fri, 20 May 2026
Following Machine+Behavior @ Max Planck Berlin
Invited talks: Danica Dillon, @marcelbinz.bsky.social
December 29, 2025 at 10:43 AM
WORKSHOP ON BEHAVIORAL CLONES
Imitating humans is a powerful route to machine behavior and an emerging lens on human cognition and social simulation.
🗓 Fri, 20 May 2026
Following Machine+Behavior @ Max Planck Berlin
Invited talks: Danica Dillon, @marcelbinz.bsky.social
Imitating humans is a powerful route to machine behavior and an emerging lens on human cognition and social simulation.
🗓 Fri, 20 May 2026
Following Machine+Behavior @ Max Planck Berlin
Invited talks: Danica Dillon, @marcelbinz.bsky.social
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another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
AI has become such a polarizing topic in the social sciences that I wonder whether some conference organizers will want to keep their program 'pure', with no paper on AI or prominently using AI.
December 27, 2025 at 9:41 AM
AI has become such a polarizing topic in the social sciences that I wonder whether some conference organizers will want to keep their program 'pure', with no paper on AI or prominently using AI.
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I keep accidentally getting indulgences doing research in Italy! I’ll be going about my day reading inscriptions on a wall, and it’ll say “Whoever reads this plaque gets an indulgence!” Or I’ll be walking to the Vatican library & pope will should out in a mic “Whoever hears this gets an indulgence!”
December 26, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I keep accidentally getting indulgences doing research in Italy! I’ll be going about my day reading inscriptions on a wall, and it’ll say “Whoever reads this plaque gets an indulgence!” Or I’ll be walking to the Vatican library & pope will should out in a mic “Whoever hears this gets an indulgence!”
I like to look back at my tools at the end of the year, should we share our best picks of apps for academics?
Can't-live-without-them:
- Alfred (launcher)
- Superhuman (email)
- Things 3 (todo)
- Overleaf (writing)
Honorable mentions: Highlights, Bear, MindNode, ChatGPT, RStudio, Slack
Can't-live-without-them:
- Alfred (launcher)
- Superhuman (email)
- Things 3 (todo)
- Overleaf (writing)
Honorable mentions: Highlights, Bear, MindNode, ChatGPT, RStudio, Slack
December 26, 2025 at 9:32 AM
I like to look back at my tools at the end of the year, should we share our best picks of apps for academics?
Can't-live-without-them:
- Alfred (launcher)
- Superhuman (email)
- Things 3 (todo)
- Overleaf (writing)
Honorable mentions: Highlights, Bear, MindNode, ChatGPT, RStudio, Slack
Can't-live-without-them:
- Alfred (launcher)
- Superhuman (email)
- Things 3 (todo)
- Overleaf (writing)
Honorable mentions: Highlights, Bear, MindNode, ChatGPT, RStudio, Slack
My mom’s holidays decorations, 2025 edition! You’ll need to zoom in. In each scene, the figurines enact a play, novel, or poem; and the text above is an anagram of the author’s name. Good luck, some of these are really hard. The only person who solved them all needed 30+ minutes
December 25, 2025 at 2:22 PM
My mom’s holidays decorations, 2025 edition! You’ll need to zoom in. In each scene, the figurines enact a play, novel, or poem; and the text above is an anagram of the author’s name. Good luck, some of these are really hard. The only person who solved them all needed 30+ minutes
Who would like google scholar to give us a sleek "Your Year in Citations" replay like music apps do?
December 23, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Who would like google scholar to give us a sleek "Your Year in Citations" replay like music apps do?
This is a very special conference which you should absolutely consider attending if your research is at the intersection of behavioral science and AI
See you in Berlin!
See you in Berlin!
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 23, 2025 at 9:41 AM
This is a very special conference which you should absolutely consider attending if your research is at the intersection of behavioral science and AI
See you in Berlin!
See you in Berlin!
The view from my office is just glorious — but it’s time for a break! Happy holidays folks
December 19, 2025 at 3:45 PM
The view from my office is just glorious — but it’s time for a break! Happy holidays folks
Since we’re waiting for new episodes of #StrangerThings, look at how cute the demogorgon was in the 1976 D&D materials
December 18, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Since we’re waiting for new episodes of #StrangerThings, look at how cute the demogorgon was in the 1976 D&D materials
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Analysis of more than 1 million people shows that mental-health disorders fall into five clusters, each of them linked to a specific set of genetic variants
go.nature.com/3XM18e7
go.nature.com/3XM18e7
Huge genetic study reveals hidden links between psychiatric conditions
Nature - Analysis of more than 1 million people shows that mental-health disorders fall into five clusters, each of them linked to a specific set of genetic variants.
go.nature.com
December 14, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Analysis of more than 1 million people shows that mental-health disorders fall into five clusters, each of them linked to a specific set of genetic variants
go.nature.com/3XM18e7
go.nature.com/3XM18e7
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🚨Two postdoc positions @tse-fr.eu @iast.fr 🚨
We are recruiting two postdocs as part of the ANR-funded project ENFORCE.
Join me, @giuliandr.bsky.social, & @zhgarfield.com, to study punitive systems across societies.
Full time, 2 years, no teaching.
Deadline: Jan 23
www.tse-fr.eu/groups/depar...
We are recruiting two postdocs as part of the ANR-funded project ENFORCE.
Join me, @giuliandr.bsky.social, & @zhgarfield.com, to study punitive systems across societies.
Full time, 2 years, no teaching.
Deadline: Jan 23
www.tse-fr.eu/groups/depar...
Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences
www.tse-fr.eu
December 1, 2025 at 12:37 PM
🚨Two postdoc positions @tse-fr.eu @iast.fr 🚨
We are recruiting two postdocs as part of the ANR-funded project ENFORCE.
Join me, @giuliandr.bsky.social, & @zhgarfield.com, to study punitive systems across societies.
Full time, 2 years, no teaching.
Deadline: Jan 23
www.tse-fr.eu/groups/depar...
We are recruiting two postdocs as part of the ANR-funded project ENFORCE.
Join me, @giuliandr.bsky.social, & @zhgarfield.com, to study punitive systems across societies.
Full time, 2 years, no teaching.
Deadline: Jan 23
www.tse-fr.eu/groups/depar...
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Is this the fucking açemoglu institutions argument for furries
December 1, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Is this the fucking açemoglu institutions argument for furries
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Happy to share our latest study published in PNAS.
Using data from 274,316 French students, we find that lower-SES students are less likely to wait for better university offers, even when waiting would lead to more prestigious or better-fit programs.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Using data from 274,316 French students, we find that lower-SES students are less likely to wait for better university offers, even when waiting would lead to more prestigious or better-fit programs.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Waiting time during admission procedures increases social inequalities in higher education | PNAS
Many domains in life require people to wait to access better outcomes, such as waiting
in line to access prized tickets for a show, waiting to obta...
www.pnas.org
November 26, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Happy to share our latest study published in PNAS.
Using data from 274,316 French students, we find that lower-SES students are less likely to wait for better university offers, even when waiting would lead to more prestigious or better-fit programs.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Using data from 274,316 French students, we find that lower-SES students are less likely to wait for better university offers, even when waiting would lead to more prestigious or better-fit programs.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
The new Frankenstein movie is not horror, it's academic wish-fulfillment with a monster
November 26, 2025 at 11:47 AM
The new Frankenstein movie is not horror, it's academic wish-fulfillment with a monster
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I mentioned this approach to a colleague who does research on the use of AI in education. She replied, “Guess what some students do in this situation. They prompt ChatGPT to write a report on the subject and an accompanying report explaining how and why the first report is wrong.”
November 24, 2025 at 12:42 PM
I mentioned this approach to a colleague who does research on the use of AI in education. She replied, “Guess what some students do in this situation. They prompt ChatGPT to write a report on the subject and an accompanying report explaining how and why the first report is wrong.”
Me when the Q&A at the seminar goes into overtime
I might have posted this before but I am still looking for a situation where this panel would be relevant as a reaction pic. I haven’t found it yet, so the search continues.
November 23, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Me when the Q&A at the seminar goes into overtime
Did you know that using the words "em dash" in a post is 100% a sign that it was written by AI
November 23, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Did you know that using the words "em dash" in a post is 100% a sign that it was written by AI
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@sjdm-tweets.bsky.social
Why does "1-in-X" (e.g., 1 in 50 vs. 20 in 1000) feel riskier? The answer: It's the availability heuristic! We found that the 1-in-X ratio is easier to mentally visualize and recall examples for.
Risk Communication Poster at #SJDM2025 in Denver, Colorado!
Why does "1-in-X" (e.g., 1 in 50 vs. 20 in 1000) feel riskier? The answer: It's the availability heuristic! We found that the 1-in-X ratio is easier to mentally visualize and recall examples for.
Risk Communication Poster at #SJDM2025 in Denver, Colorado!
November 23, 2025 at 1:25 AM
@sjdm-tweets.bsky.social
Why does "1-in-X" (e.g., 1 in 50 vs. 20 in 1000) feel riskier? The answer: It's the availability heuristic! We found that the 1-in-X ratio is easier to mentally visualize and recall examples for.
Risk Communication Poster at #SJDM2025 in Denver, Colorado!
Why does "1-in-X" (e.g., 1 in 50 vs. 20 in 1000) feel riskier? The answer: It's the availability heuristic! We found that the 1-in-X ratio is easier to mentally visualize and recall examples for.
Risk Communication Poster at #SJDM2025 in Denver, Colorado!
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Folks, Zohran Mamdani—smart guy, reminds me of a young me—you know what he said, I told him, “Zohran, I’m gonna do it, I’m gonna say the shahada,” and he said to me “Mr. President, you should say a third line confirming your belief in the wilayat of Ali,” should we do it folks? Should we say it?
November 22, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Folks, Zohran Mamdani—smart guy, reminds me of a young me—you know what he said, I told him, “Zohran, I’m gonna do it, I’m gonna say the shahada,” and he said to me “Mr. President, you should say a third line confirming your belief in the wilayat of Ali,” should we do it folks? Should we say it?
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Sales of AI-enabled teddy bear suspended after it gave advice on BDSM sex and where to find knives
Sales of AI-enabled teddy bear suspended after it gave advice on BDSM sex and where to find knives | CNN Business
Sales of an artificial intelligence-enabled plush toy have been suspended after it was found that it engaged in conversation around sexually explicit topics and offered potentially dangerous advice.
www.cnn.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Sales of AI-enabled teddy bear suspended after it gave advice on BDSM sex and where to find knives
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europe has entered the chat 👀
November 21, 2025 at 4:45 AM
europe has entered the chat 👀