Abby Emery

behavioural scientist & civil servant. deputy head of @openinnovteam, prev head of beh sci @cabinetofficeuk, @HMRCgovuk. Not a nudger, occasional powerlifter

[richard shotton @rshotton]

Rory Sutherland on why group decision making is often worse than personal judgement

[Abby Emery @abby_behaves]

Carbonation can sort-of play this role. Or serving it hot.

[𐫱 arcove 𐫱 @dschorno]

the fundamental problem with nonalchoholic cocktails is that you need something slightly repulsive in the drink so that you dont drink it too fast, and alchohol fills this role while also being desirable. Maybe could use gross but healthy supplements like creatine or something

[Abby Emery @abby_behaves]

@FergusNeville Congratulations!

[Electoral Commission @ElectoralCommUK]

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❗️You must apply before 5pm if you live in England, Scotland or Wales and by midnight if you live in Northern Ireland.

[Abby Emery @abby_behaves]

I’m going to put this picture on my slide about physical affordances

[Joey Politano 🏳️‍🌈 @JosephPolitano]

Look, I hate to victim blame, but this really does look like a fun chair made for photos

What exactly did you think was gonna happen here?

[Abby Emery @abby_behaves]

Fascinating - “meticulous” and “moreover” have been my reliable flags for GPT for a while!

[Misha Teplitskiy | Science of Science @MishaTeplitskiy]

Lots of people in CS are (almost surely) GPT-ing their peer reviews
https://t.co/bICmqlunNA

[Sam Bowman @s8mb]

GPT-4 makes Christmas dinner planning a doddle.

[David Holtz @daveholtz]

🚨 Announcing a new working paper measuring the causal impact of generative AI on business performance in emerging markets!

https://t.co/Jrge1Hklgy

This is joint work w/ @nickgotis (who led the project) @RowanPClarke @solenedelecourt + @orgRem.

More on our results below 👇 1/

[LSE Psychological & Behavioural Science @LSE_PBS]

🎉Congratulations to @jenskoedmadsen & @leedewit who have been awarded a significant grant from the prestigious @TempletonWorld to study perceptions of source independence & polarisation.

#research #grant #polarisation #psychology

[Abby Emery @abby_behaves]

As a former fast streamer (2014 entry) this was an interesting read!

[Iain Mansfield @IGMansfield]

Seventeen years on, whatever happened to my Fast Stream cohort?

How many have become top mandarins? Or left for the blandishments of the private sector? Or done something else entirely?

I tracked down what my contemporaries are doing now to see.

https://t.co/Q6mXl4HOnA

[Ethan Mollick @emollick]

A ripple effect of today's AI that not enough folks are considering is how much we rely on writing, for better or worse, for assessment: well-written essays get you into college, well-written resumes get you jobs, well-written emails get you promoted, etc.

That signal is gone.

[Zoé Ziani, Ph.D. @ZoeZiani]

Gideon Lewis-Kraus interviewed me about my role in the Ariely - Gino scandal. I think it is excellent work!
https://t.co/J43rEB4vtn

[John Drury @ProfJohnDrury]

On the anniversary of 9-11, the most well-researched disaster of all time (at least until Covid), here is a thread of some of the readings I recommend on public behaviour during the event (mostly free access)
#September11th 1/11

[zeynep tufekci @zeynep]

Tech luminaries are stuck in the mud at Burning Man, and some raised a "Lord of the Flies" scenario.

But that's just not how people usually react.

Such false beliefs about "human nature" are harmful, and mislead on how to really change the world.

New:
https://t.co/9p67ArI28b

[Cabinet Office @cabinetofficeuk]

Deputy Prime Minister @oliverdowden has announced a National Risk Register setting out 89 of the most significant risks facing the UK 🇬🇧

It shared more information than ever before so the Government and partners can work together to keep the UK safe 👇

https://t.co/y1udtkF6xS

[Amy Gandon @GandonAmy]

‘How do we connect people who want to do something, with people who can help them do it, while staying grounded in the real-world context to ensure it works?’

Not sure who to thank for this brilliant schematic for social change - I believe @SimonFParker shared on LinkedIn!

[Abby Emery @abby_behaves]

I’d recommend following @emollick for practical guides to code interpreter, whatever your level of knowledge.

[Abby Emery @abby_behaves]

I am quite amazed by code interpreter and I have been testing it out with years of my lifting data (recorded and exported from @strongapp). Using natural language to describe what I want, I have tons of data visualisation and insights. Here’s a heat map of my most frequent lifts

[Abby Emery @abby_behaves]

It can also do straightforward progress graphs and other insights. I’ve barely scratched the surface here. Code interpreter is honestly an incredible tool. I can’t wait to try it out on other datasets.