Bhaumik Patel
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Bhaumik Patel
Compliments increase the well-being of both expressers and recipients, yet in a series of surveys people report giving fewer compliments than they should give, or would like to give. Nine experiments suggest that a reluctance to express genuine compliments partly stems from underestimating the positive impact that compliments will have on... See more
Insufficiently complimentary?: Underestimating the positive impact of ...
"Violation of Expectation via Metacognitive Prompting Reduces Theory of Mind Prediction Error in Large Language Models"
This paper investigates how Violation of Expectation (VoE) and metacognitive prompting can be used to reduce Theory of Mind prediction errors in Large Language Models (LLMs) in the context of human-AI interaction.
arxiv.orgI don’t know.
The reason I don’t know is because I wouldn’t have thought that there would have been maps on it five years ago. But something comes along, gets really popular, people love it, get used to it, you want it on there. People are inventing things constantly and I think the art of it is balancing what’s on there and what’s not — it’s the editing function.
That right there is the recipe for genuine innovation:
Embrace uncertainty and the fact one doesn’t know the future.
Understand that people are inventing things — and not just technologies, but also use cases — constantly.
Remember that the art comes in editing after the invention, not before.
A fourth paper looks at spontaneous contacts, when we reach out to someone in our social circle who we may not have spoken to in a bit - to say “hi” or to catch up. We don’t do it enough, and (I know this will shock you!) the reason is because we think it will be akward and not appreciated. And, of course, as you might suspect, people really... See more
Ethan Mollick • How to... make people happy
Mental Models: The Best Way to Make Intelligent Decisions (~100 Models Explained)
Farnam Streetfs.blog
