AI can now scan papers, generate hypotheses, and even help discover drugs—but still relies on something human: judgment, curiosity, and making sense of messy results. The future isn’t AI replacing scientists—it’s amplifying them. Read more in @nature.com's editorial: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
With the arrival of ‘AI scientists’, it’s as well to remember that human wisdom, empathy and sheer messiness are as much part of progress as are process and efficiency.
Science often requires hard work and long hours, but a key joy is that this often provides the opportunity for the psychological state of flow -- where time stands still and you are totally absorbed by the work you do. New #FLOS vlog, our third in a six-part series on WORKING HARD.
Big news! The 14th ACM Collective Intelligence Conference (CI 2026) will be held September 27-30, 2026, at the Virginia Tech Institute for Advanced Computing near Washington, DC. I'm excited to be a program co-chair this year. ci.acm.org/2026/
Papers and abstracts due 8 June. Check it out!
Now out in @tandfresearch.bsky.social International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction:
"Expertise Elevates AI Usage: Experimental Evidence Comparing Laypeople and Professional Artists"
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
50 pro artists vs randos vs AI agent used image generators to do art:
LLMs are used widely in the behavioral sciences. But we have no good standards for how to do so.
We introduce a consensus-based reporting checklist to improve transparency, reproducibility and ethical accountability of LLM-based research in the behavioural sciences.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
My first long form scientific interview in Arabic. Thanks to Samah Altaweel from Deutsche Welle for hosting me.
يسعدني جدا أن أشارككم أول مقابلة مطولة علمية لي باللغة العربية... مع الشكر و التقدير للسيدة سماح الطويل من التلفزيون الرسمي الألماني على الحوار الشيق.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=562H...
Kicking off the Machine+Behavior conference in Berlin today with @jfbonnefon.bsky.social , @azimshariff.bsky.social and 225 participants. Check out the program:
machinebehavior.science
www.nature.com
Large language models offer new opportunities for behavioural science, but their rapid evolution poses challenges for research rigour. We introduce a consensus-based reporting checklist to improve tra...
Kicking off day 2 of Machine+Behavior: @tahayasseri.bsky.social moderating a discussion with speakers Kinga Makovi and Eric Schulz.
Iyad Rahwan | إياد رهوان
Can AI replace artists? Check out our latest study comparing lay persons vs trained artists using AI tools.
Iyad Rahwan | إياد رهوان
Tom Griffiths giving the closing talk at Machine+Behavior. An insightful end to a rich and interesting scientific discussion over the past two days.
Iyad Rahwan | إياد رهوان
New paper published with @andreskarjus.bsky.social as shared 1st author:
We show experimentally that professional artists' skill set can transfer to making images with generative AI; tested with artists, laypeople, and GPT-4o copying an image or creatively diverging from it, only by prompting.
Generative AI’s novel capacities raise questions about the future role of human expertise: does it level the playing field between professional artists and laypeople, or does expertise enhance AI u...
