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ChatGPT scrutiny brings STPP Artificial Intelligence study new relevance

Feb 9, 2023

ChatGPT, Microsoft’s artificial-intelligence (AI) algorithm, has been subject to intense scrutiny since its launch in November, becoming instantly popular because it was made free and easily accessible. Proponents are amazed at its ability to...

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Parthasarathy weighs in on implications of ChatGPT

Feb 6, 2023 Nature

Shobita Parthasarathy, Nature: "Besides directly producing toxic content, there are concerns that AI chatbots will embed historical biases or ideas about the world from their training data, such as the superiority of particular cultures, says...

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Behavioural change interventions in the face of plastic pollution - Raimi

Nov 9, 2022

As climate change looms, policymakers must find ways to mitigate its effects. Many have turned to recycling in an effort to limit the amount of plastic in landfills, dumpsites, and the environment. In a new paper, “Curbing single-use plastic with...

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Parthasarathy comments on new ARPA-H director

Sep 13, 2022 Nature

President Joe Biden recently named Renee Wegrzyn as the inaugural director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H), a new agency tasked with finding innovative solutions to biomedical problems. Nature asked Shobita...

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STPP research on AI highlighted in Nature Q&A

May 3, 2022

Ford School professor Shobita Parthasarathy was highlighted in a Q&A with Nature magazine, acknowledging recent research on Large Language Models (LLMs) by the Science, Technology, and Public Policy program's Technology Assessment Project....

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Atran studies important differences between Islamist terrorist groups and other criminal groups

Feb 21, 2022

Islamist terrorist organizations are often described as similar to other criminal organizations, like gangs. A new study, “Willingness to sacrifice among convicted Islamist terrorists versus violent gang members and other criminals,” published by...

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Gerber and Agrawal examine effects of human and social capital in disaster recovery

Dec 8, 2021

Human capital refers to individual-specific skills, knowledge and expertise to undertake and accomplish tasks. Social capital is the social connections and relationships of individuals and communities. How do these forms of capital affect people in...

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Experiences of long-term effects of COVID need to be studied - Parthasarathy

Mar 8, 2021 Nature

An article in Nature notes that the National Institutes of Health will invest over $1 billion to research ‘long COVID’ — the long-lasting health effects of a SARS-CoV-2 infection. People who have experienced COVID-19 and its long-term aftermath,...

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Considering inequities and disparities is essential for innovation in fighting COVID-19

Sep 2, 2020

“Disparities, distrust in health systems and other complexities must be explicitly factored into solutions” to the COVID-19 pandemic, Ford School professor Shobita Parthasarathy writes in the latest issue of Nature. Governments around the world...

PhD student shares view on COP24 in Nature

Dec 6, 2018

PhD student Michael Lerner was published in the December 5, 2018 issue of Nature. The commentary comes during this week’s 24th annual Conference of Parties (COP24) session at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Katowice, Poland. The...

Scientific journal Nature names Robert Axelrod's "The Evolution of Cooperation" one of 6 science books the next U.S. president should read first

Oct 3, 2008

This list of six science books, compiled by Nature, an international weekly journal of science, includes Axelrod's book, The Evolution of Cooperation—a book that explores how "cooperation can emerge in a world of self-seeking egoists-whether...

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ChatGPT scrutiny brings STPP Artificial Intelligence study new relevance

Parthasarathy weighs in on implications of ChatGPT

Behavioural change interventions in the face of plastic pollution - Raimi

Parthasarathy comments on new ARPA-H director

STPP research on AI highlighted in Nature Q&A

Atran studies important differences between Islamist terrorist groups and other criminal groups

Gerber and Agrawal examine effects of human and social capital in disaster recovery

Experiences of long-term effects of COVID need to be studied - Parthasarathy

Considering inequities and disparities is essential for innovation in fighting COVID-19

PhD student shares view on COP24 in Nature

Scientific journal Nature names Robert Axelrod's "The Evolution of Cooperation" one of 6 science books the next U.S. president should read first

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