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sydneylevine.bsky.social
Cognitive scientist working at the intersection of moral cognition and AI safety. Currently: Google Deepmind. Soon: Assistant Prof at NYU Psychology. More at sites.google.com/site/sydneymlevine.
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🔆 Announcement time!! 🔆 In Spring 2026, I will be joining the NYU Psychology department as an Assistant Professor! My lab will study the computational cognitive science of moral judgment and how we can use that knowledge to build AI systems that are safe and aligned with human values.

submitted 31 days ago • 11 comments

📍EVENT: RSVP to join our April symposium examining the risks that advanced #AI systems pose to democratic freedoms, co-hosted with the Institute's Senior AI Advisor @sethlazar.org. www.eventbrite.com/e/artificial...

submitted 99 days ago • 2 comments

🚨New Paper! So o3-mini and R1 seem to excel on math & coding. But how good are they on other domains where verifiable rewards are not easily available, such as theory of mind (ToM)? Do they show similar behavioral patterns? 🤔 What if I told you it's...interesting, like the below?🧵

submitted 77 days ago • 3 comments

🚨 Now accepting commentary proposals!! 🚨Thrilled to share that our paper --- "Resource-rational contractualism: A triple theory of moral cognition" --- was accepted for publication at Behavioral and Brain Sciences and is open for commentary!

submitted 85 days ago • 1 comment