Dirk Wulff
@dirkuwulff
Senior scientist @mpib_berlin and @unibasel_en | language models, decision science, and sustainability (http://text2sdg.io).
🚨 New publication 🚨 Excited to see this published in Findings of #ACL2025, led by @ZakASHussain. We critically evaluate claims that #LLMs are "just next token predictors" or "just machines" and call for a more measured discussion on LLM cognition. aclanthology.org/2025.findings-…
Excited to see our Centaur project out in @Nature. TL;DR: Centaur is a computational model that predicts and simulates human behavior for any experiment described in natural language.
"KI ist hier ein mächtiges Werkzeug, um wissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse zu schärfen und die Psychologie als Disziplin weiterzuentwickeln", sagt @dirkuwulff @arc_mpib 👉 Jetzt lesen, wie #KI die #Psychologie umkrempelt: mpib-berlin.mpg.de/meldungen/inte…
Happy to have concluded another iteration of our 5-day open LLMs course, together with @ZakASHussain. If you are interested in LLMs for behavioral and social sciences, check out our... Tutorial: doi.org/10.3758/s13428… Open materials: github.com/zak-Hussain/LL…
🚨 New preprint 🚨 How to improve risk communication? In this new piece, spearheaded by Kevin Tiede, we argue that traditional risk communication often fails to convey experiential dimensions of risk, and that experiential simulations can fill this gap. doi.org/10.31234/osf.i…
🚨 Postdoc position in India 🚨 Work with @KavithaRang and me to explore the potential of LLMs for improving risk communication. The position (Senior Research Fellow) includes a research stay and affiliation with the @mpib_berlin.
🚨 New preprint 🚨 Excited to share this work with @BentzDorothee, in which we map the landscape of contamination OCD triggers and analyze individual differences in trigger importance and relatedness. Preprint: osf.io/preprints/psya…
Agreed. The behavioral and social sciences should rely more on open LLMs: doi.org/10.31219/osf.i…
Again, I think academics have perhaps not quite groked what this sort of wholesale removal of a model means for replication in science. This isn’t versioned or downloadable, and you won’t be able to recreate it
How to improve conceptual clarity in psychology? Excited to share a new preprint with Rui Mata, discussing approaches based on large language models as possible solutions. Preprint: osf.io/preprints/psya…
🚨Job Alert (Deadline: Apr. 30)🚨 We're seeking a Student Research Assistant to support the ongoing research in all phases of the scientific process. See the link for more details! @dirkuwulff, @mpib_berlin mpib-berlin.mpg.de/2016979/2025-0…
We are looking for two PhD students at our institute in Munich. Both postions are open-topic, so anything between cognitive science and machine learning is possible. More information: hcai-munich.com/PhDHCAI.pdf Feel free to share broadly!
New comment in NHB by Farid Anvari, me and friends arguing that psychology is fragmented into the study of too many constructs and measures with too few links.
🚀 Excited to announce that I’ll be teaching a course on "Large Language Models - Tune and Train Your Own Models" @MethodsNET in Vienna from July 14-18 🤖💡 If you’re interested in adjusting LLMs for your tasks, this is for you. Can’t wait for an exciting week.
Two PhDs with me on offer, focusing on language, information, well-being, and the attention economy. Deadline 14 April. Project-Linked Studentships: warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/…
This study by @dirkuwulff et al. uses language models to create semantic embeddings of psychometric items and scales, aiding in predicting empirical relations and clarifying psychological taxonomies. nature.com/articles/s4156…
How can we reduce conceptual clutter in the psychological sciences? @rui__mata and I propose a solution based on a fine-tuned 🤖 LLM (bit.ly/mpnet-pers) and test it for 🎭 personality psychology. The paper is finally out in @NatureHumBehav: go.nature.com/4bEaaja
Excited to share the materials for our course on open LLMs for science of science research @ZakASHussain and I offered at the recent meeting of @euroscisci at @LMU_Muenchen. github.com/zak-Hussain/LL…
Do LLMs think? Excited to share our updated preprint critically discussing two "Justaic" stances claiming that LLMs lack cognition because they are "just" next-token predictors or "just" machines. Led by @ZakASHussain and with @rui__mata. osf.io/preprints/osf/…
The German Cognitive Science Society is organizing a PhD symposium in Tuebingen in April. If you are a PhD student in the vicinity, you should definetely register (by February 28th) -- it will be fun! cogsciprag.github.io/context-in-cog…
📷We are hiring !📷 We are looking to fill a 2-year #PostDoc! If you are interested in field #experiments, #decision-making, #trust, #motivation, and digital #health behavior, please apply and share! 📷Deadline: Feb 12, 2025 Details: …ersitaet-wien-portal.rexx-systems.com/Teaching-and-R…