Paul Smaldino @psmaldino@qoto.org

I was recently on the @sfiscience@mastodon.sdf.org #Complexity Podcast with C Thi Nguyen. We had a bonkers far-reaching conversation about selection, incentives, institutions and #CulturalEvolution. Good times. https://complexity.simplecast.com/episodes/101

Our grad group discussed #ChatGPT today, and I argued that it should never be considered an author because it has no agency or accountability. Nor should it. I direct interested parties to
@j2bryson 's evergreen essay "Robots Should Be Slaves" http://www.cs.bath.ac.uk/~jjb/ftp/Bryson-Slaves-Book09.html

New paper with Cody Moser. We use modeling to explore how the network structures that best support innovation are also (1) less efficient per capita, and (2) create more severe inequality of knowledge among individuals. The latter is likely to be linked to other forms of inequality. https://osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/n3hc6

Driving my daughter (3.5) to preschool, “Left Behind” by Slipknot came on the radio. I asked her if she liked it because otherwise we could change it, and she gave me a sly grin and a thumbs up. I found this funny, so texted my wife when I got to the school. When I got home, opened insta to find this. The cookies never sleep.

OK, last one I promise.

For the die-hard Only Connect fans.

So I started messing around with ChatGPT.

My book has a cover. I like it.

Just found out that my book can be pre-ordered! Release date is October 3, 2023. Text has been finalized, cover is still being designed.
PUP: https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691224138/modeling-social-behavior
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0691224145?tag=it_books_com-20

From the custom editor's style guide used for copyediting my upcoming book -- here are the B's and W's. The intersection of many things.

My grad students designed real t-shirts for our fictional intramural team, The Hydras (symbolizing interdisciplinarity, and I guess perseverance?). I love this.

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