Ryan Clancy is an engineering and tech (mainly, but not limited to those fields!!) freelance writer and blogger, with 5+ years of mechanical engineering experience and 10+ years of writing experience.

A new study has found that a robot’s feedback during a collaborative task can influence the feeling of closeness between the human participants. The research, published in Computers in Human Behavior, ...

In our research on what makes work meaningful, one of the most powerful, but underused, leadership practices was the simple act of saying “thank you” (Adams & Myles, 2025). Meaningful work isn’t ...

Why is positive feedback so important? The Gottman Institute conducted research showing that the "magic" relationship ratio of positive to negative interactions was 5:1 for healthy personal ...

Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback (RLHF) has emerged as a crucial technique for enhancing the performance and alignment of AI systems, particularly large language models (LLMs). By ...