Matthias Melcher

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Matthias Melcher1d ago
New blog post https://x28newblog.wordpress.com/2026/03/18/defining-trust/
Defining trust?

Trust of students in AI: trust of students in their institution and trust of the institution in their students, trust in the reliability of the tool or in the capability of an assistant.

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Matthias Melcher6d ago
What's My JND? 0.0049
Can you beat it? https://www.keithcirkel.co.uk/whats-my-jnd/?r=AegcKP__8MPD
What's My JND?

Find your Just Noticeable Difference in colour perception. How small a colour difference can you actually see?

Matthias MelcherMar 6

RE: https://mastodon.social/@oldaily/116143749572591519

"one of the world's most user-hostile pieces of software"
That's why I summarized my minimal use https://x28newblog.wordpress.com/2022/08/26/minimal-github-for-reassurance/

Matthias MelcherMar 4
Just deleted my chatgpt account.
Matthias MelcherJan 28
"AI outperforms humans in establishing interpersonal closeness in emotionally engaging interactions, but only when labelled as human _ Communications Psychology" https://www.nature.com/articles/s44271-025-00391-7
AI outperforms humans in establishing interpersonal closeness in emotionally engaging interactions, but only when labelled as human - Communications Psychology

Across two studies, people felt closer to AI than to humans after emotional chat interactions, but only if the AI was labelled as human. Labelling the partner as AI reduced, but did not prevent, relationship-building.

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Show threadMatthias MelcherDec 29
Another reply https://x28newblog.wordpress.com/2025/12/29/salience-and-associations/ that tries to clarify my point.
Salience and associations

Second reply to a comment.

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Matthias MelcherDec 17
New blog post https://x28newblog.wordpress.com/2025/12/17/consciously/
Consciously

Are we ‘conscious of ‘ the end-points of a similarity connection?

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Show threadMatthias MelcherDec 3
@jarango I am very content with QuiteRSS.
Show threadMatthias MelcherNov 29
@Downes My response https://x28newblog.wordpress.com/2025/11/29/response/
Response

“What does the world need”

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Matthias MelcherNov 21
Recently blogged: https://x28newblog.wordpress.com/2025/11/18/partial-patterns/ -- and responded to a thought-provoking comment.
Partial Patterns

A visualization of pattern recognition, with similar and distinct partial patterns.

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