New paper out in Nature Communications, showing experimentally how machine solutions can transfer into human culture:

Levin Brinkmann@levinbrinkmann.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We worry about homogenisation, but can AI also expand human culture? In a multi-generational experiment we demonstrate AI-induced cultural shifts. Machines lastingly shift human behavior, beyond their presence, just as AlphaGo did to Go. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

New paper published with @andreskarjus.bsky.social as shared 1st author: We show experimentally that professional artists' skill set can transfer to making images with generative AI; tested with artists, laypeople, and GPT-4o copying an image or creatively diverging from it, only by prompting.

Expertise Elevates AI Usage: Experimental Evidence Comparing Laypeople and Professional Artists

Generative AI’s novel capacities raise questions about the future role of human expertise: does it level the playing field between professional artists and laypeople, or does expertise enhance AI u...

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New preprint with @thomasfmueller.bsky.social Julian Garcia @iyadrahwan.bsky.social: Group Selection as a Safeguard Against AI Substitution. arxiv.org/pdf/2602.03541

We have already received many wonderful abstracts, thank you all! 🌟 For those who need a little extra time, we have good news: the #EHBEA2026 deadline has been extended to 9 Jan. ✍️✨ Add the finishing touches, hit submit, and join an exciting, inspiring conference! 👉 www.ehbea2026.com

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🚨 New preprint 🚨 Experimental Evidence for the Propagation and Preservation of Machine Discoveries in Human Populations arxiv.org/abs/2506.17741 with team members @levinbrinkmann.bsky.social @thomasfmueller.bsky.social Ann-Marie Nussberger, @maximederex.bsky.social, Sara Bonati, Valerii Chirkov

JOB ALERT in #language and #linguistics! Postdoc Position at the Center for Language Evolution Studies, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland. Job offer here: www.umk.pl/en/jobs/?tas... We are now looking at a broader candidate pool so do consider applying! Please repost & share widely!

New preprint: "Expertise elevates AI usage: experimental evidence comparing laypeople and professional artists" with @andreskarjus.bsky.social as shared first author, who did a nice summary below ⏬

Andres Karjus@andreskarjus.bsky.social · 2y ago

How does #genAI affect creative professions? Does domain training also provide an #AI edge? In "Expertise elevates AI usage: experimental evidence comparing laypeople and professional artists" we ran controlled tasks w 50 artists + laypeople & a #GPT4o agent: arxiv.org/abs/2501.12374 Results... ⏬

New preprint of an upcoming book chapter in the Oxford Handbook of Approaches to Language Evolution with Limor Raviv: "Communication Games: Social Interaction in the Formation of Novel Communication Systems" osf.io/preprints/os...