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SDPI – Synthetic disinformation through politeness and impersonation
OSF repository with details, data and code: https://osf.io/jn349/ The present study investigates the impact of tone and impersonation on the production of synthetic disinformation using OpenAI’s Large Language Models (LLMs) davinci-002, davinci-003, gpt-3.5-turbo, and gpt-4. The primary objective of this study is to investigate the impact of impersonation and tone on the production of synthetic…
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WHO Expert Group on Ethical considerations on social listening and infodemic management
Scope The WHO expert group on ethical considerations of social listening and infodemic management (EG) will advise WHO in producing guidance and related tools with respect to the ethical principles associated with social listening and other related infodemic management activities during health emergencies. In particular, the objectives of the EG on ethical considerations of social listening and infodemic…
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Boosting Public Discourse: Towards a Targeted, Evidence-Based Strategy to Improve Moral Reasoning
Introduction A booster for public discourse: an interdisciplinary research team develops a goal-oriented, evidence-based strategy to improve moral reasoning. The aim of this project is to contribute to a better understanding of how public discourse can fail due to an unreflective use of key moral terms, and to test a strategy for improving critical thinking…
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The Outbreak. Pandemics & Bioethics: Co-Designing a Graphic Novel
https://www.theoutbreak.ch/ https://www.ibme.uzh.ch/en/Biomedical-Ethics/Research/Ongoing-Research/Public-Health-Ethics/The-Outbreak.html Introduction The recent pandemic has shown us, on a large scale, that bioethics is much more than a field of theoretical research. Leaders had to make numerous difficult decisions at the political, health and economic levels, which strongly impacted both society and individuals. We as bioethics scholars must better understand the need, role…
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Can Critical Thinking Skills Help Us Recognize Misinformation better?
OSF wiki, files, and preregistration available here. DOI: 10.17605/OSF.IO/Y2674 Background Our time is characterized by an unprecedented abundance of information available online. Even though this opens up a myriad of possibilities for people to gather vast knowledge on virtually any topic, recognizing the truthfulness of information online is not straightforward. Mastering skills in critical thinking…
Projects
Here’s the scoop on what I’m tinkering with these days. It’s a cool mix of stuff – some are projects with actual funding, and others are my ‘Friday projects’, the kind of things I mess around with in my free time because they’re fun, intriguing, or just too quirky to pass up. I love diving into these projects, exploring new ideas, or just fiddling with stuff that’s out of the ordinary. It’s like my playground for creativity and innovation, where I get to keep my brain alive and engaged by experimenting and seeing what cool things I can come up with.