January 2015 PMID 25583507

Computer-based personality judgments are more accurate than those made by humans.

Wu Youyou, Michal Kosinski, David Stillwell

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What people are saying

Several passages cite specific studies, notably from institutions like Stanford and Cambridge, underscoring the accuracy of computer models in personality assessment. Discussions frequently use words like 'more accurate,' 'better,' and 'significant,' reflecting a tone of enthusiasm and acknowledgment of the research’s importance. The tone and contextual references indicate a recognition of the potential for these findings to alter everyday assessments, psychological practices, and privacy concerns.

AgreementStrong agreement

Most discussions strongly support the claim that computer-based personality judgments outperform human assessments, with many explicitly mentioning studies and emphasizing technological superiority.

InterestHigh interest

Posts demonstrate high curiosity by referencing multiple studies and findings, indicating that the topic resonates with current technological debates and psychological assessment methods.

EngagementHigh engagement

Numerous discussions delve into methodological details, implications, and ethical considerations, showing deep engagement with both the research and its broader impact.

ImpactHigh impact

The overall tone suggests that many consider this research groundbreaking, with comments implying it could revolutionize psychological evaluation, privacy considerations, and even societal understanding of human behavior.

Abstract in brief

  • Computer-based personality judgments are more accurate than human judgments, especially when using data like Facebook Likes, with computers showing an accuracy of .056 compared to humans' .049.
  • Computer models also demonstrate higher agreement among different judges and better predict real-life outcomes such as health, political attitudes, and substance use.
  • The ability of computers to outperform humans in personality judgment offers both opportunities for better psychological assessment and concerns related to privacy and ethical use.]

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Ehab0fhmy191977
@Ehab0fhmy191977 · X

ومع300 نقرة إعجاب نصل إلى فهم دقيق للفرد يتجاوز معرفة حتى الزوج المصدر Youyou, W., Kosinski, M., & Stillwell, D.(2014) Computer-Based Personality Judgments Are More Accurate than Those Made by Humans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Nov 5, 2022 · 29 likes · 1 share · 144,742 followers View post →
Kentaro Hara
@xharaken · X

これ論文も出てて、8万人のFacebookユーザを対象に個人の好みに関する100個の質問をしたところ、その人の友人ユーザによる答えの予想よりも、その人がFacebookで押したいいね!を機械学習した方が正答率が高かったという話。 https://t.co/q4l5eadr3d https://t.co/VHr0Tr30yv

Jun 12, 2024 · 28 likes · 7 shares · 17,549 followers View post →
Gavril Ducu
@DucuGavril · X

Source: Youyou, Kosinski & Stillwell (2015) Computer-based personality judgments are more accurate than those made by humans PNAS https://t.co/Uj3Cd7kc8q Next up: They Knew in 2015: Computers Can Know You Better Than Your Friends #Disinformation #DigitalProfiling

May 4, 2025 · 13 likes · 2 shares · 36,787 followers View post →
Gavril Ducu
@DucuGavril · X

This concludes the series based on: Youyou et al. (2015), PNAS https://t.co/Uj3Cd7kc8q

May 4, 2025 · 6 likes · 2 shares · 36,787 followers View post →
Gavril Ducu
@ducugavril.nafoforum.org · Bluesky

Source: Youyou, Kosinski & Stillwell (2015) Computer-based personality judgments are more accurate than those made by humans PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.... Next up: They Knew in 2015: Computers Can Know You Better Than Your Friends #Disinformation #DigitalProfiling

May 4, 2025 · 4 likes View post →
Ali Hejazi
@Ali_Hejazi1 · X

دراسة بجامعة كاليفورنيا " خوازميات الكمبيوتر أدق من البشر في تحليل السمات الشخصية" من نتائج الدراسة : دقة الخوازميات في تحليل سماتك الشخصية وسلوكك: تحتاج الخوازميات فقط إلى 10 إعجابات لتفوق دقة زميلك في العمل، و 70 إعجابًا لتفوق دقة رفيقك المقرّب، و 150 https://t.co/NAsfun74C7

Mar 17, 2023 · 3 likes · 401 followers View post →

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kodzilla
@kodzillah · X

Computer-based personality judgments are more accurate than those made by humans

Jun 28, 2025 · 31 followers View post →
Vesna64
@Vesna641 · X

RT @DucuGavril: This concludes the series based on: Youyou et al. (2015), PNAS https://t.co/Uj3Cd7kc8q

May 5, 2025 · 2 shares · 910 followers View post →
Cathy
@cathy39637692 · X

RT @DucuGavril: This concludes the series based on: Youyou et al. (2015), PNAS https://t.co/Uj3Cd7kc8q

May 4, 2025 · 2 shares · 6,782 followers View post →
Gavril Ducu
@DucuGavril · X

Source: Youyou, Kosinski & Stillwell (2015), PNAS https://t.co/Uj3Cd7kc8q

May 4, 2025 · 2 likes · 36,787 followers View post →
Sophie Perrin
@SophiePerrin18 · X

RT @DucuGavril: Source: Youyou, Kosinski & Stillwell (2015) Computer-based personality judgments are more accurate than those made by human…

May 4, 2025 · 2 shares · 6,298 followers View post →
Gavril Ducu
@DucuGavril · X

This concludes the series based on: Youyou et al. (2015), PNAS https://t.co/Uj3Cd7kc8q

May 4, 2025 · 6 likes · 2 shares · 36,787 followers View post →
Theodor von Böngitz Adorno
@tzraick · X

RT @DucuGavril: Source: Youyou, Kosinski & Stillwell (2015) Computer-based personality judgments are more accurate than those made by human…

May 4, 2025 · 2 shares · 398 followers View post →
Gavril Ducu
@ducugavril.nafoforum.org · Bluesky

Source: Youyou, Kosinski & Stillwell (2015) Computer-based personality judgments are more accurate than those made by humans PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.... Next up: They Knew in 2015: Computers Can Know You Better Than Your Friends #Disinformation #DigitalProfiling

May 4, 2025 · 4 likes View post →
Gavril Ducu
@DucuGavril · X

Source: Youyou, Kosinski & Stillwell (2015) Computer-based personality judgments are more accurate than those made by humans PNAS https://t.co/Uj3Cd7kc8q Next up: They Knew in 2015: Computers Can Know You Better Than Your Friends #Disinformation #DigitalProfiling

May 4, 2025 · 13 likes · 2 shares · 36,787 followers View post →
Sacha
@IamEXS · X

Who's jobs were replaced in 2015? Computer-based personality judgments are more accurate than those made by humans | PNAS https://t.co/QYHh9St9TI

Feb 7, 2025 · 1,830 followers View post →
Sachin Naik
@TwitSachN · X

And Stanford had published a study on this topic in Jan 2015!! https://t.co/yqL0ngpF8p

Dec 13, 2024 · 17 followers View post →
Sachin Naik
@TwitSachN · X

Previous paper by author on what he describes as "Believable proxies of human behavior" or "human behavior simulation" published in 2023.

Dec 8, 2024 · 17 followers View post →
Jim Bloom
@jimmyroybloom · X

Computer-based personality judgments are more accurate than those made by humans https://t.co/cnzH3KBNKI

Sep 1, 2024 · 2,431 followers View post →
佐藤健太
@kenchan_sato · X

RT @xharaken: これ論文も出てて、8万人のFacebookユーザを対象に個人の好みに関する100個の質問をしたところ、その人の友人ユーザによる答えの予想よりも、その人がFacebookで押したいいね!を機械学習した方が正答率が高かったという話。 https://t.…

Jun 13, 2024 · 7 shares · 202 followers View post →
xuepan
@xuepan07 · X

RT @xharaken: これ論文も出てて、8万人のFacebookユーザを対象に個人の好みに関する100個の質問をしたところ、その人の友人ユーザによる答えの予想よりも、その人がFacebookで押したいいね!を機械学習した方が正答率が高かったという話。 https://t.…

Jun 13, 2024 · 7 shares · 136 followers View post →
\助けよや/
@yoya · X

RT @xharaken: これ論文も出てて、8万人のFacebookユーザを対象に個人の好みに関する100個の質問をしたところ、その人の友人ユーザによる答えの予想よりも、その人がFacebookで押したいいね!を機械学習した方が正答率が高かったという話。 https://t.…

Jun 13, 2024 · 7 shares · 2,290 followers View post →
Hironobu Sakaguchi
@hrnbskgc · X

RT @xharaken: これ論文も出てて、8万人のFacebookユーザを対象に個人の好みに関する100個の質問をしたところ、その人の友人ユーザによる答えの予想よりも、その人がFacebookで押したいいね!を機械学習した方が正答率が高かったという話。 https://t.…

Jun 13, 2024 · 7 shares · 711 followers View post →
yoh
@yohhoy · X

RT @xharaken: これ論文も出てて、8万人のFacebookユーザを対象に個人の好みに関する100個の質問をしたところ、その人の友人ユーザによる答えの予想よりも、その人がFacebookで押したいいね!を機械学習した方が正答率が高かったという話。 https://t.…

Jun 13, 2024 · 7 shares · 1,696 followers View post →
Matsuda Hajime
@mazda_h · X

RT @xharaken: これ論文も出てて、8万人のFacebookユーザを対象に個人の好みに関する100個の質問をしたところ、その人の友人ユーザによる答えの予想よりも、その人がFacebookで押したいいね!を機械学習した方が正答率が高かったという話。 https://t.…

Jun 12, 2024 · 7 shares · 1,468 followers View post →
Kentaro Hara
@xharaken · X

これ論文も出てて、8万人のFacebookユーザを対象に個人の好みに関する100個の質問をしたところ、その人の友人ユーザによる答えの予想よりも、その人がFacebookで押したいいね!を機械学習した方が正答率が高かったという話。 https://t.co/q4l5eadr3d https://t.co/VHr0Tr30yv

Jun 12, 2024 · 28 likes · 7 shares · 17,549 followers View post →
Juny Pagán
@junypaganmd · X

Un programa informático puede predecir cómo es una persona basándose, por ejemplo, en sus «me gusta» de Facebook, incluso mejor que sus amigos, su familia o su pareja, ya que recopila información de casi todas las facetas de su vida. https://t.co/aRVxqtpq2B https://t.co/TdNscXCyzj

Mar 31, 2024 · 2 likes · 1,300 followers View post →
Paul X. McCarthy
@paulxmccarthy · X

@weswinham @Kellblog Here’s some other research showing computer-based personality inference can be more accurate than friends and family assessments and as accurate as spousal assessment https://t.co/vwFHVkBguF https://t.co/0aj4W1nNfW

Nov 4, 2023 · 35,446 followers View post →
Paul X. McCarthy
@paulxmccarthy · X

@weswinham @Kellblog Here’s a study on accuracy of computer based inference of personality by Stanford et al researchers https://t.co/vwFHVkBguF https://t.co/5IBxzot2lD

Nov 4, 2023 · 35,446 followers View post →
Ali Hejazi
@Ali_Hejazi1 · X

دراسة بجامعة كاليفورنيا " خوازميات الكمبيوتر أدق من البشر في تحليل السمات الشخصية" من نتائج الدراسة : دقة الخوازميات في تحليل سماتك الشخصية وسلوكك: تحتاج الخوازميات فقط إلى 10 إعجابات لتفوق دقة زميلك في العمل، و 70 إعجابًا لتفوق دقة رفيقك المقرّب، و 150 https://t.co/NAsfun74C7

Mar 17, 2023 · 3 likes · 401 followers View post →
Bruce Long
@BruceRLong · X

https://t.co/5vnfvTgoIN

Mar 12, 2023 · 833 followers View post →
ing-The game
@ing_thegame · X

@HansLandman @SjefVugt @HaHaGentherapie @cwitteveen1 @Ladyjustice1312 @ToKnowOrNot @Miraloml @vpknerd @Charlot2409 @Lipsiaan @JanssenJh @JasperRTuijnman @LaceyX1989 @DirkvanLinth @Singing_BumbleB @Luketheduke1960 @Bartje46198812 Zeker van? De algoritmes kennen u beter dan uw familie. Elke keer dat je googlet, beweegt, iets aankoopt, iets liked, retweet,... levert dat een datapunt op. Wees blij dat overheden ons daarin beschermen en het delen van deze data aan banden legt. https://t.co/0T3uB1vp9t

Jan 24, 2023 · 2 likes · 204 followers View post →
ayman Helal
@LaymanHelal · X

RT @Ehabfhmy2017: ومع300 نقرة إعجاب نصل إلى فهم دقيق للفرد يتجاوز معرفة حتى الزوج المصدر Youyou, W., Kosinski, M., & Stillwell, D.(2014) Co…

Nov 16, 2022 · 1 share · 110 followers View post →
Ehab0fhmy191977
@Ehab0fhmy191977 · X

ومع300 نقرة إعجاب نصل إلى فهم دقيق للفرد يتجاوز معرفة حتى الزوج المصدر Youyou, W., Kosinski, M., & Stillwell, D.(2014) Computer-Based Personality Judgments Are More Accurate than Those Made by Humans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Nov 5, 2022 · 29 likes · 1 share · 144,742 followers View post →
PositiveMynd
@PositiveMynd_ · X

Here's the study in case someone wants to have a look. https://t.co/ogUaeisPwN

Sep 27, 2022 · 1 like · 1,322 followers View post →
gaston becerra
@gastonbecerra · X

Tenemos reunión del grupo de Comunicación Transhumana de #RELASSC y vamos a discutir el paper "computer based personality judgments..." y me toca introducir el modelo de los 5 factores de la personalidad. https://t.co/YCn1n1Q1af Hoy se roba fuerte las slides de @hugosimkin

Sep 13, 2022 · 2 likes · 681 followers View post →
TechXplore
@TechXplore_com · X

Opinion: #Facebook Dating was set to take over the market. Instead it was dead in the water @ConversationEDU https://t.co/xDXxsp86AR https://t.co/SpyufGXFbV

May 19, 2022 · 2 likes · 1 share · 21,323 followers View post →
Phys.org Technology
@physorg_tech · X

RT @TechXplore_com: Opinion: #Facebook Dating was set to take over the market. Instead it was dead in the water @ConversationEDU https://t.…

May 19, 2022 · 1 share · 13,161 followers View post →
David Sloane
@dsloaned · X

Current Reading : https://t.co/drSrF46hZi

Apr 18, 2022 · 792 followers View post →
GioPulmonary
@AirwyResistance · X

Computer-based personality judgments: the next #MyersBriggs or the next “Personality Brokers” #Bestseller by @mervatim? Voting for the latter

Oct 5, 2021 · 131 followers View post →
Bruno Zupan
@komacore · X

Using a sample of 86.220 volunteers, researchers from University of Cambridge & Stanford University discovered that computer-based personality judgments are more accurate than those made by humans. https://t.co/8clcd9iQoM

Mar 10, 2021 · 1 like · 2,329 followers View post →
Silvana H Lima
@SilvanaHL · X

Computer-based personality judgments are more accurate than those made by humans https://t.co/Lv2uxXx85l

May 3, 2020 · 26 followers View post →
David Rousseau
@dhpmrou · X

@MarcdeFalco @michalkosinski J'ai trouvé, c'est la figure 2 de (accès libre) "Computer-based personality judgments are more accurate than those made by humans" publié dans PNAS en 2015 https://t.co/Ddanbgz8Ah

Jan 28, 2020 · 1,009 followers View post →
endoloji
@ProjeMadeni · X

Computer-based personality judgments are more accurate than those made by humans https://t.co/elISxIZVRo

Jan 10, 2020 · 155 followers View post →
Ananias Oliveira
@ananias_1979 · X

@pablo_ortellado Youyou, W., Kosinski, M., & Stillwell, D. (2015). Computer-based personality judgments are more accurate than those made by humans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 112(4), 1036-1040.

Jan 3, 2020 · 13,102 followers View post →
Edward Craig, Kanaka Dharma
@NewMindMirror · X

Computer-based personality judgments are more accurate than those made by humans (paper) - PNAS https://t.co/OJHaDDPjPU #AI

Nov 23, 2019 · 31,889 followers View post →
James Igoe
@JamesJosephIgoe · X

Computer-based personality judgments are more accurate than those made by humans https://t.co/j8R1hPWZn6 via @instapaper

Mar 17, 2019 · 407 followers View post →
nr1woman
@nr1woman · X

Computer-Based Personality Judgments Are More Accurate Than Those Made by Humans | Gadget Gestures https://t.co/X7d761T2ca

Feb 13, 2019 · 1,082 followers View post →
Riitta Raesmaa
@raesmaa.bsky.social · Bluesky

Computer-based personality judgments are more accurate than those made by humans http://www.theequitykicker.com/2015/01/15/computer-based-personality-judgments-accurate-made-humans/ via @brisbourne

Jan 15, 2015 View post →