Sunny Rai (@snyrai_)

S

Sunny Rai@snyrai_ · May 27

If you are working on AI agents, consider submitting here! It is non archival and an excellent opportunity to receive feedback and showcase your work @COLM_conf

YYu Feng@AnnieFeng6 · May 27

🚨COLM 2025 Workshop on AI Agents: Capabilities and Safety @COLM_conf This workshop explores AI agents’ capabilities—including reasoning and planning, interaction and embodiment, and real-world applications—as well as critical safety challenges related to reliability, ethics,…

0

2

3

0

307

S

Sunny Rai@snyrai_ · May 5

Thrilled to share that our work has received the Outstanding Paper Award @c3_nlp #NAACL2025! 🎉 @jeffrey_ch0 @khushi_shelat @sharathguntuku

SSunny Rai@snyrai_ · Apr 30

#NAACL25 #C3NLP How do cultures differ in their mental health struggles? Do they seek professional help or emotional comfort? Check out our study on cross-cultural differences in mental health expressions on Reddit. aclanthology.org/2025.c3nlp-1.1… #mentalhealth #depression #llm

2

1

10

0

604

Sunny Rai Retweeted

J

Jeffrey (Young-Min) Cho@jeffrey_ch0 · May 5

#NAACL2025 How to compare cultural differences with social media data in scale? Our work uses lexica to annotate X 🇺🇸 & Weibo 🇨🇳 posts with valence (😄☹️) & arousal (🔥❄️) scores, revealing cross-cultural differences in emotional expression. aclanthology.org/2025.findings-…

0

4

13

1

485

S

Sunny Rai@snyrai_ · May 5

Thrilled to share that our work has received the Outstanding Paper Award @c3_nlp #NAACL2025! 🎉 Huge congratulations to @snyrai_ & @khushi_shelat for leading this collaborative effort, and thanks to @jeffrey_ch0 for delivering an amazing talk on behalf of his co-authors! 🙌🏽

SSunny Rai@snyrai_ · Apr 30

#NAACL25 #C3NLP How do cultures differ in their mental health struggles? Do they seek professional help or emotional comfort? Check out our study on cross-cultural differences in mental health expressions on Reddit. aclanthology.org/2025.c3nlp-1.1… #mentalhealth #depression #llm

3

6

49

6

3.0K

S

Sunny Rai@snyrai_ · Apr 30

#NAACL25 #C3NLP How do cultures differ in their mental health struggles? Do they seek professional help or emotional comfort? Check out our study on cross-cultural differences in mental health expressions on Reddit. aclanthology.org/2025.c3nlp-1.1… #mentalhealth #depression #llm

0

5

13

2

5.0K

S

Sunny Rai@snyrai_ · Apr 30

#NAACL25 How can we learn human preferences across cultures? Check out our study using shame and pride to extract normative expectations across cultures for adapting LLMs. aclanthology.org/2025.naacl-lon…

SSunny Rai@snyrai_ · Jan 31

Does #shame manifest differently across #cultures? Yes. Can LLMs identify #norms behind shame? Yes. Are women shamed more than men? Yes!!! Can #LLMs identify when someone is shamed? arxiv.org/abs/2402.11333 #NAACL2025

0

1

8

0

391

S

Sunny Rai@snyrai_ · Apr 30

#AIPersuasion #LLMs #AI4Health

NNeil Sehgal@sehgal_neil · Apr 30

🚨 New preprint on AI persuasion and public health 🚨 A 3-min conversation with GPT-4o nudged HPV-vax-hesitant parents (who obv knew it was AI & consented!)—BUT reading standard public-health material still outperformed chatbots in impact and longevity. Details below 👇

0

2

0

166

Sunny Rai Retweeted

N

Neil Sehgal@sehgal_neil · Apr 21

🚨 New CHI'25 EA paper! 🚨 How can we design culturally sensitive mental health chatbots for Indian adolescents? 🇮🇳📱 Our mixed-methods study reveals key design insights—from stigma to personalization. Read it here: arxiv.org/abs/2503.08562 #CHI2025 #HCI #MentalHealth #AIforGood

1

3

2

0

243

S

Sunny Rai@snyrai_ · Mar 15

Due in one week 🚀🚀🚀

SSICSS-Penn@SICSS_Penn · Mar 14

SICSS-Penn application deadline is extended until March 21, 2025. Submit your application here: sicss.io/2025/penn/apply

0

1

4

0

816

Sunny Rai Retweeted

A

August Nilsson@AgNilsson · Feb 10

1/8 Balance ⚖️ vs. Harmony ☯️: Two emerging well-being constructs often sloppily used interchangeably. But they’re distinct. Balance = broad life domains ⚖️ Harmony = relationships🧘 We asked 15,275 people across 154 nations to show it. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

1

3

6

0

314

Sunny Rai Retweeted

I

Iason Gabriel@IasonGabriel · Feb 7

How can we ensure AI systems stay safe and aligned in the context of long-term personal interaction with AI agents? New research with @hannahrosekirk, @summerfieldlab , @bertievidgen & @computermacgyve aims to answer this question!

1

14

79

47

6.0K

Sunny Rai Retweeted

C

CSSLab at Penn@csspenn · Feb 7

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS 📄: the Summer Institute in Computational Social Science (SICSS) at @Penn will be held for the fourth time this year! We welcome Ph.D. students, post-docs and early-career faculty to Philadelphia from June 30 to July 17 2025. Website: sicss.io/2025/penn

0

47

113

85

15.0K

Sunny Rai Retweeted

T

Thomas Talhelm@ThomasTalhelm · Feb 3

I'll be giving a talk at @UCBerkeley on February 12th. Join me! @BerkeleyPsych psychology.berkeley.edu/events/thomas-…

2

8

32

5

3.0K

S

Sunny Rai@snyrai_ · Jan 31

Does #shame manifest differently across #cultures? Yes. Can LLMs identify #norms behind shame? Yes. Are women shamed more than men? Yes!!! Can #LLMs identify when someone is shamed? arxiv.org/abs/2402.11333 #NAACL2025

0

12

37

11

3.0K

Sunny Rai Retweeted

S

Shreya Havaldar@shreyahavaldar · Jan 29

🚨 LLMs must grasp implied language to reason about emotions, social cues, etc. Our @GoogleDeepMind paper presents the Implied NLI dataset. Targeting social norms 🌎 and conversational dynamics 💬, we enhance LLM understanding of real-world implication! arxiv.org/abs/2501.07719

1

15

55

33

6.0K

Sunny Rai Retweeted

S

Sharath Chandra Guntuku@sharathguntuku · Jan 16

We're hiring a postdoc @Penn to advance data science methods for behavioral health and psychology! Full details here: bit.ly/penn_postdoc_n… You will work with an amazing interdisciplinary team @PennEngAI @WWBProject @PennLDI @PennCHIBE @PM_Innovation Please apply / RT!

1

12

27

2

3.0K

S

Sunny Rai@snyrai_ · Dec 4

Using AI for mental health evaluation in schools? See this report in Cincinnati Express by Betsy Kim featuring our research on how depression varies across races - doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2… #mentalhealth #ai #depression #LLMs cincinnati.com/story/news/202…

snyrai_'s tweet card. Schools first began testing Cincinnati Children's suicide prevention AI in 2016. Nearly a decade later, it's hard to say whether it works.

0

5

6

2

528

Sunny Rai Retweeted

N

Neil Sehgal@sehgal_neil · Oct 24

🧵 THREAD: The enduring legacy of slavery in Congress and its impact on economic inequality. My latest article in @ConversationUS explores new findings from our study. Read here: theconversation.com/many-wealthy-m… 👇 (1/5)

1

3

7

0

423

Sunny Rai Retweeted

D

Doug Henwood@DougHenwood · Sep 13

fresh audio product: • Neil Sehgal on the durability of slaveholder wealth, via a look at Congress • Emily Jashinsky <@emilyjashinsky> with a conservative’s view of the election • Melissa Lyon on the effects of teachers’ strikes leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html#S24…

1

6

15

3

6.0K