Portrait of Nils Köbis
  • Psychology
  • Social Sciences

Human Understanding of Algorithms and Machines

Prof. Dr. Nils Köbis

University of Duisburg-Essen
Tectrum Duisburg
Bismarckstraße 120
Room 3.1.OG.1130
47057 Duisburg
Germany

About

I'm Nils, the head of the chair Human Understanding of Algorithms and Machines at the Research Center, University Duisburg-Essen, and an affiliated researcher at the Center for Humans and Machines (Max Planck Institute for Human Development).


My work deals with corruption, (un-)ethical behavior, social norms, and, more recently, artificial intelligence. I am a co-founder of the Interdisciplinary Corruption Research Network and, together with Matthew Stephenson and Christopher Starke founded and co-hosted the KickBack - Global AntiCorruption Podcast. Previously, I completed a Post-Doc CREED, Department of Economics, University of Amsterdam and a Ph.D. in Social Psychology at the VU Free University Amsterdam.

You can find my CV here.

Key Publications

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A. Schenk, V. Klockmann, J. Bonnefon, I. Rahwan and N. KöbisLie detection algorithms disrupt the social dynamics of accusation behavioriScience, vol. 27, no. 7, pp. 110201, Jul. 2024. Elsevier BV.
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A. R. Dorrough, N. Köbis, B. Irlenbusch, S. Shalvi and A. Glöckner Conditional bribery: Insights from incentivized experiments across 18 nationsProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 120, no. 18, Apr. 2023. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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M. Leib, N. Köbis, R. M. Rilke, M. Hagens and B. Irlenbusch Corrupted by Algorithms? How AI-generated and Human-written Advice Shape (Dis)honestyThe Economic Journal, vol. 134, no. 658, pp. 766—784, Sep. 2023. Oxford University Press (OUP).
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A. Schenk, V. Klockmann and N. KöbisSocial Preferences Toward Humans and Machines: A Systematic Experiment on the Role of Machine PayoffsPerspectives on Psychological Science, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 165—181, Sep. 2023. SAGE Publications.
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N. Köbis, C. Starke and I. Rahwan The promise and perils of using artificial intelligence to fight corruptionNature Machine Intelligence, vol. 4, no. 5, pp. 418—424, May 2022. Springer Science and Business Media LLC.
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N. Köbis and L. D. Mossink Artificial intelligence versus Maya Angelou: Experimental evidence that people cannot differentiate AI-generated from human-written poetryComputers in Human Behavior, vol. 114, pp. 106553, Jan. 2021. Elsevier BV.
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N. Köbis, J. Bonnefon and I. Rahwan Bad machines corrupt good moralsNature Human Behaviour, vol. 5, no. 6, pp. 679—685, Jun. 2021. Springer Science and Business Media LLC.
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