Uri Hertz
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Uri Hertz
@urihertz.bsky.social
PI at the cog-sci dept at the university of Haifa. Social-cognitive-computational psychology, and sometimes neuroscience.
www.socialdecisionlab.net
Very interesting! Related to works on the importance of diversity of opinions, not just connectivity, in reduction of polarization: diversity leads to increased perceived similarity www.pnas.org/doi/suppl/10...
And our work on complex social markers: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Increased complexity of social category markers leads to diverse rule-based categorizations and reduced intergroup bias | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Social categories are key to human social life, often leading to intergroup bias and stereotypes. While traditional studies use binary social markers, real-world markers are more complex. This study e...
royalsocietypublishing.org
November 5, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Reposted by Uri Hertz
Interestingly, @simondedeo.bsky.social uses exactly this context of apology as a place where people can use "Mental Proof" to overcome the perception of AI use, by *credibly* communicating intentions -- based on proof of shared knowledge and values.

ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AA...
Undermining Mental Proof: How AI Can Make Cooperation Harder by Making Thinking Easier | Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence
ojs.aaai.org
October 31, 2025 at 5:11 PM