Florea.AI
@forea-virtue.bsky.social
Virtue-aligned AI for well-being & human flourishing. Built through research in psychology, philosophy, and computer science.
More about our work: https://florea.ai/
More about our work: https://florea.ai/
We talk about "aligning AI with human values" as if the hard part were the engineering. In "Artificial Intelligence, Values, and Alignment" (Minds and Machines, 2020), Iason Gabriel argues the hard part is deciding what those values are, and whose.
September 11, 2026 at 1:41 PM
We talk about "aligning AI with human values" as if the hard part were the engineering. In "Artificial Intelligence, Values, and Alignment" (Minds and Machines, 2020), Iason Gabriel argues the hard part is deciding what those values are, and whose.
Calling all whiteboard animators! We'd love help creating a short explainer video about our work on AI and human flourishing. Interested, or know the perfect person? Get in touch 👇
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September 11, 2026 at 12:12 PM
Calling all whiteboard animators! We'd love help creating a short explainer video about our work on AI and human flourishing. Interested, or know the perfect person? Get in touch 👇
[email protected]
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"High School Seniors Turn to AI for Support" by Joshua Bay (Inside Higher Ed, 2026) offers a glimpse at a shift in the students heading to campus next: they're arriving already used to turning to AI when they're struggling.
September 9, 2026 at 2:44 PM
"High School Seniors Turn to AI for Support" by Joshua Bay (Inside Higher Ed, 2026) offers a glimpse at a shift in the students heading to campus next: they're arriving already used to turning to AI when they're struggling.
Some questions are too big for any single field. This past week we brought our researchers together, face to face in Toronto, to think them through and left with sharper ideas and real energy for the year ahead.
September 7, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Some questions are too big for any single field. This past week we brought our researchers together, face to face in Toronto, to think them through and left with sharper ideas and real energy for the year ahead.
Could AI be shaping who we become, and who decides what it optimizes for?
September 2, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Could AI be shaping who we become, and who decides what it optimizes for?
Most AI ethics asks how to prevent harm. A new paper by Maurice N. Emelu asks a deeper question: what kind of people is AI forming us into? His central concern, "opportunity cost," the capacity for judgment we lose when seamless AI displaces our own deliberation.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Formation-based AI ethics: ethical formation, responsibility, and opportunity cost in AI ecosystems - AI and Ethics
Recent efforts in AI ethics have been dominated by the proliferation of high-level principles intended to guide responsible development and deployment. Yet persistent implementation failures suggest…
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August 31, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Most AI ethics asks how to prevent harm. A new paper by Maurice N. Emelu asks a deeper question: what kind of people is AI forming us into? His central concern, "opportunity cost," the capacity for judgment we lose when seamless AI displaces our own deliberation.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Could one short conversation with an AI quietly change how you see yourself?
"AI-exhibited Personality Traits Can Shape Human Self-concept through Conversations" by Jingshu Li, Tianqi Song, Nattapat Boonprakong, Zicheng Zhu, Yitian Yang, and Yi-Chieh Lee (National University of Singapore, CHI 2026)
"AI-exhibited Personality Traits Can Shape Human Self-concept through Conversations" by Jingshu Li, Tianqi Song, Nattapat Boonprakong, Zicheng Zhu, Yitian Yang, and Yi-Chieh Lee (National University of Singapore, CHI 2026)
August 27, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Could one short conversation with an AI quietly change how you see yourself?
"AI-exhibited Personality Traits Can Shape Human Self-concept through Conversations" by Jingshu Li, Tianqi Song, Nattapat Boonprakong, Zicheng Zhu, Yitian Yang, and Yi-Chieh Lee (National University of Singapore, CHI 2026)
"AI-exhibited Personality Traits Can Shape Human Self-concept through Conversations" by Jingshu Li, Tianqi Song, Nattapat Boonprakong, Zicheng Zhu, Yitian Yang, and Yi-Chieh Lee (National University of Singapore, CHI 2026)
"Reputation-based reciprocity in human–bot and human–human networks"
Ashley Harrell & Margaret L. Traeger, PNAS Nexus (2025)
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Ashley Harrell & Margaret L. Traeger, PNAS Nexus (2025)
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Reputation-based reciprocity in human–bot and human–human networks
Abstract. People help those with a reputation for helping others; as a result, they are more likely to behave generously when reputational concerns are pre
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August 26, 2026 at 2:16 PM
"Reputation-based reciprocity in human–bot and human–human networks"
Ashley Harrell & Margaret L. Traeger, PNAS Nexus (2025)
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Ashley Harrell & Margaret L. Traeger, PNAS Nexus (2025)
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Stumbling Into AI Emotional Dependence: How Routine AI Interactions Reshape Human Connection, a new perspective paper by Yaoxi Shi, Cathy Mengying Fang, Pattie Maes, and Amit Goldenberg (Imperial College London, Harvard University, and MIT),
arxiv.org/abs/2606.04150
arxiv.org/abs/2606.04150
August 25, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Stumbling Into AI Emotional Dependence: How Routine AI Interactions Reshape Human Connection, a new perspective paper by Yaoxi Shi, Cathy Mengying Fang, Pattie Maes, and Amit Goldenberg (Imperial College London, Harvard University, and MIT),
arxiv.org/abs/2606.04150
arxiv.org/abs/2606.04150
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Nice to see Acemoglu oppose TESCREAL: "Much of the AI boom has been driven by a homogeneous group of people influenced by a shared idea — drawn partly from philosophy and science fiction — that sees machines as ultimately surpassing and supplanting humanity."
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Why we must stop talking about artificial general intelligence — and instead build ‘pro-worker’ AI
Rather than racing to replace people, we should build AI tools that amplify human expertise and expand opportunity.
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August 22, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Nice to see Acemoglu oppose TESCREAL: "Much of the AI boom has been driven by a homogeneous group of people influenced by a shared idea — drawn partly from philosophy and science fiction — that sees machines as ultimately surpassing and supplanting humanity."
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Promoting Kindness in Society: A Qualitative Study to Advance Well-Being, Equity, and Positive Social Change
Ali Ebrahimian, Morteza Mansourian, Sheida Vahidi, and Fatemehsadat Alavi (Health Psychology Open, 2026)
journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
Ali Ebrahimian, Morteza Mansourian, Sheida Vahidi, and Fatemehsadat Alavi (Health Psychology Open, 2026)
journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
August 24, 2026 at 3:12 PM
The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Promoting Kindness in Society: A Qualitative Study to Advance Well-Being, Equity, and Positive Social Change
Ali Ebrahimian, Morteza Mansourian, Sheida Vahidi, and Fatemehsadat Alavi (Health Psychology Open, 2026)
journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
Ali Ebrahimian, Morteza Mansourian, Sheida Vahidi, and Fatemehsadat Alavi (Health Psychology Open, 2026)
journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
AI Companions Reduce Loneliness
Julian De Freitas, Zeliha Oğuz-Uğuralp, Ahmet Kaan Uğuralp, and Stefano Puntoni, Journal of Consumer Research (2026)
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Julian De Freitas, Zeliha Oğuz-Uğuralp, Ahmet Kaan Uğuralp, and Stefano Puntoni, Journal of Consumer Research (2026)
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AI Companions Reduce Loneliness
Abstract. Chatbots are now able to engage in sophisticated conversations with consumers in the domain of relationships, providing a potential coping soluti
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August 20, 2026 at 1:54 PM
AI Companions Reduce Loneliness
Julian De Freitas, Zeliha Oğuz-Uğuralp, Ahmet Kaan Uğuralp, and Stefano Puntoni, Journal of Consumer Research (2026)
academic.oup.com/jcr/article/...
Julian De Freitas, Zeliha Oğuz-Uğuralp, Ahmet Kaan Uğuralp, and Stefano Puntoni, Journal of Consumer Research (2026)
academic.oup.com/jcr/article/...
How Does Turning to AI for Companionship Predict Loneliness and Vice Versa? Dunigan Folk and Elizabeth Dunn, Psychological Science (2026)
August 19, 2026 at 2:40 PM
How Does Turning to AI for Companionship Predict Loneliness and Vice Versa? Dunigan Folk and Elizabeth Dunn, Psychological Science (2026)
Artificial Intelligence and the Psychology of Human Connection
Ryan L. Boyd and David M. Markowitz, Perspectives on Psychological Science (2026)
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Ryan L. Boyd and David M. Markowitz, Perspectives on Psychological Science (2026)
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
August 18, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Artificial Intelligence and the Psychology of Human Connection
Ryan L. Boyd and David M. Markowitz, Perspectives on Psychological Science (2026)
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Ryan L. Boyd and David M. Markowitz, Perspectives on Psychological Science (2026)
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
"Illuminating the Black Box: A Psychometric Investigation into the Multifaceted Nature of Large Language Models" by Yang Lu, Jordan Yu, and Shou-Hsuan Stephen Huang (University of Houston) asks a deceptively simple question. Do AI language models have something like a personality?
August 17, 2026 at 3:36 PM
"Illuminating the Black Box: A Psychometric Investigation into the Multifaceted Nature of Large Language Models" by Yang Lu, Jordan Yu, and Shou-Hsuan Stephen Huang (University of Houston) asks a deceptively simple question. Do AI language models have something like a personality?
Looking into the AI Mirror with Professor Shannon Vallor
Shannon Vallor, author of The AI Mirror: How to Reclaim Our Humanity in an Age of Machine Thinking and Baillie Gifford Chair in the Ethics of Data and Artificial Intelligence at the University of Edinburgh
Shannon Vallor, author of The AI Mirror: How to Reclaim Our Humanity in an Age of Machine Thinking and Baillie Gifford Chair in the Ethics of Data and Artificial Intelligence at the University of Edinburgh
August 14, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Looking into the AI Mirror with Professor Shannon Vallor
Shannon Vallor, author of The AI Mirror: How to Reclaim Our Humanity in an Age of Machine Thinking and Baillie Gifford Chair in the Ethics of Data and Artificial Intelligence at the University of Edinburgh
Shannon Vallor, author of The AI Mirror: How to Reclaim Our Humanity in an Age of Machine Thinking and Baillie Gifford Chair in the Ethics of Data and Artificial Intelligence at the University of Edinburgh
Can an AI learn to disagree well?
"Learning to Negotiate: Multi-Agent Deliberation for Collective Value Alignment in LLMs," Panatchakorn Anantaprayoon, Nataliia Babina, Nima Asgharbeygi, and Jad Tarifi (Integral AI, with collaborators at The University of Tokyo and MATS) train a model
"Learning to Negotiate: Multi-Agent Deliberation for Collective Value Alignment in LLMs," Panatchakorn Anantaprayoon, Nataliia Babina, Nima Asgharbeygi, and Jad Tarifi (Integral AI, with collaborators at The University of Tokyo and MATS) train a model
August 13, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Can an AI learn to disagree well?
"Learning to Negotiate: Multi-Agent Deliberation for Collective Value Alignment in LLMs," Panatchakorn Anantaprayoon, Nataliia Babina, Nima Asgharbeygi, and Jad Tarifi (Integral AI, with collaborators at The University of Tokyo and MATS) train a model
"Learning to Negotiate: Multi-Agent Deliberation for Collective Value Alignment in LLMs," Panatchakorn Anantaprayoon, Nataliia Babina, Nima Asgharbeygi, and Jad Tarifi (Integral AI, with collaborators at The University of Tokyo and MATS) train a model
AI Has No Neighbors: Why Virtue Requires a Community Centered on Human Flourishing www.podpage.com/ethical-byte...
An Aristotelian case: you can train a model into the behavioral signatures of honesty without what makes honesty coherent. Virtue forms in a community of mutual stakes.
An Aristotelian case: you can train a model into the behavioral signatures of honesty without what makes honesty coherent. Virtue forms in a community of mutual stakes.
AI Has No Neighbors: Why Virtue Requires a Community Centered on…
"Virtue is not completed in reflection; it is completed in life. The model never comes down the mountain; its entire existence is the conversation. There is no worl…
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August 12, 2026 at 1:04 PM
AI Has No Neighbors: Why Virtue Requires a Community Centered on Human Flourishing www.podpage.com/ethical-byte...
An Aristotelian case: you can train a model into the behavioral signatures of honesty without what makes honesty coherent. Virtue forms in a community of mutual stakes.
An Aristotelian case: you can train a model into the behavioral signatures of honesty without what makes honesty coherent. Virtue forms in a community of mutual stakes.
The efficacy of incorporating Artificial Intelligence (AI) chatbots in brief gratitude and self-affirmation interventions: Evidence from two exploratory experiments
Jing Wen Hung, Andree Hartanto, Adalia Y.H. Goh, Zoey K.Y. Eun, K.T.A. Sandeeshwara Kasturiratna, Zhi Xuan Lee and Nadyanna M. Majeed
Jing Wen Hung, Andree Hartanto, Adalia Y.H. Goh, Zoey K.Y. Eun, K.T.A. Sandeeshwara Kasturiratna, Zhi Xuan Lee and Nadyanna M. Majeed
August 11, 2026 at 1:15 PM
The efficacy of incorporating Artificial Intelligence (AI) chatbots in brief gratitude and self-affirmation interventions: Evidence from two exploratory experiments
Jing Wen Hung, Andree Hartanto, Adalia Y.H. Goh, Zoey K.Y. Eun, K.T.A. Sandeeshwara Kasturiratna, Zhi Xuan Lee and Nadyanna M. Majeed
Jing Wen Hung, Andree Hartanto, Adalia Y.H. Goh, Zoey K.Y. Eun, K.T.A. Sandeeshwara Kasturiratna, Zhi Xuan Lee and Nadyanna M. Majeed
Chatbot or humanaut? How the source of advice impacts prosocial behavior
J. Jobu Babin and Haritima S. Chauhan. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, March 2026
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J. Jobu Babin and Haritima S. Chauhan. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, March 2026
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August 10, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Chatbot or humanaut? How the source of advice impacts prosocial behavior
J. Jobu Babin and Haritima S. Chauhan. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, March 2026
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
J. Jobu Babin and Haritima S. Chauhan. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, March 2026
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...