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Samuel J. Gershman

Harvard University

1875 Cambridge Street

Cambridge, MA 02138

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Accountability of AI Under the Law: The Role of Explanation

Berkman Center Research Publication, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 06 Nov 2017 Last Revised: 22 Dec 2019
Finale Doshi-Velez, Mason Kortz, Ryan Budish, Christopher Bavitz, Samuel J. Gershman, David O'Brien, Kate Scott, Stuart Shieber, Jim Waldo, David Weinberger, Adrian Weller and Alexandra Wood
Harvard University - John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard Law School, Harvard University - Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Harvard University, Harvard University - Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, The University of Manchester, Harvard University - John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Harvard University - Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, University of Cambridge and Harvard University - Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society
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Artificial Intelligence, Algorithms, Machine Learning, Explanation, Cyberlaw, Transparency

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People Reward Others Based on Their Willingness to Exert Effort

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 20 Mar 2024
Yang Xiang, Jenna Landy, Fiery Cushman, Natalia Vélez and Samuel J. Gershman
Harvard University, New York University (NYU) - New York University, Harvard College, Harvard University and Harvard University
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collaboration, effort, reward, bonus, prospective judgment, retrospective judgment, social cognition.

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Produced and Counterfactual Effort Contribute to Responsibility Attributions in Collaborative Tasks

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 20 Mar 2023
Yang Xiang, Jenna Landy, Fiery Cushman, Natalia Vélez and Samuel J. Gershman
Harvard University, Cornell University, Harvard College, Harvard University and Harvard University
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responsibility attribution, moral psychology, causal reasoning, social cognition

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A Signaling Theory of Self-Handicapping

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 04 Apr 2025
Yang Xiang, Samuel J. Gershman and Tobias Gerstenberg
Harvard University, Harvard University and Stanford University
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Self-handicapping, Signaling, Competence, Bayesian inference, Attribution, theory of mind

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Optimizing Competence in the Service of Collaboration

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 09 Oct 2023
Yang Xiang, Natalia Vélez and Samuel J. Gershman
Harvard University, Harvard University and Harvard University
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collaboration, planning, competence, plasticity, training, teaching, social cognition.

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Reinforcement Learning and Episodic Memory in Humans and Animals: An Integrative Framework

Annual Review of Psychology, Vol. 68, pp. 101-128, 2017
Posted: 19 Jan 2017
Samuel J. Gershman and Nathaniel D Daw
Harvard University and New York University (NYU)

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