Future Imagination

Dr. Tori Peña discussed a recent grant submission with Stony Brook University’s BIAS-NRT group. This proprosal reflected on whether the use of large-language models (LLMs) might homogenize human cognition. She reviewed some recent work reporting that people report more similar creative outputs (e.g., short stories, essays) after augmenting their writing with an LLM (i.e., ChatGPT). She discussed the potential implications of LLM-use on human cognition and social connection.

People are not optimistic about the future of the United States. When reporting their thoughts about the future, people express more worries than excitement, a phenomenon known as the collective negativity bias and widely replicated among people residing in the United States.