Machine Culture
Artificial Intelligence promises to revolutionize innovation and learning in science, business and culture. But we still do not understand the mechanisms underlying this process. This project explores the impact of AI on the processes of cultural evolution: the innovation and transmission of new ideas and behaviors.
Scientific writings:
L. Brinkmann, F. Baumann, J.-F. Bonnefon, M. Derex, T. F. Müller, A.-M. Nussberger, A. Czaplicka, A. Acerbi, T. L. Griffiths, J. Henrich, J. Z. Leibo, R. McElreath, P.-Y. Oudeyer, J. Stray & I. Rahwan (2023). Machine Culture. Nature Human Behaviour.
[Free read-only version]L. Brinkmann, D. Gezerli, K. V. Kleist, T. F. Müller, I. Rahwan, N. Pescetelli (2022). Hybrid social learning in human-algorithm cultural transmission. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A, 380(2227).
[Media: Motherboard (Vice), Axios]