Seminar

Past

Algorithm-Mediated Social Learning and the Cultural Evolution of Morality

Molly Crockett

  • Date24 October 2023
  • Time 11h30 - 12h30
  • Room Auditorium 4 (First floor - TSE Building)

Résumé

Humans are prodigious social learners, and social learning is the engine of cumulative culture. In online social networks, algorithms mediate how we learn from others, with implications for cultural evolution in the digital age. In this talk, I will explore how social learning unfolds in online social networks, with a focus on learning and sharing moral expressions. I’ll present empirical work suggesting that algorithmic amplification exploits social learning biases that evolved to promote cooperation, resulting in distorted learning about collective moral beliefs. Finally, I’ll speculate on how algorithm-mediated social learning shapes the cultural evolution of morality.

Other seminars

To be announced

  • Seminar

  • IAST General Seminar

  • Date 8 December 2026

  • Place Auditorium 4 (First floor- TSE Building)

  • Speaker or organiser Duncan N.E. Stibbard-Hawkes (Durham University)

Détails

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  • Seminar

  • IAST General Seminar

  • Date 1 December 2026

  • Place Auditorium 4 (First floor- TSE Building)

  • Speaker or organiser Jenny Tung (Leipzig University)

Détails

To be announced

  • Seminar

  • IAST General Seminar

  • Date 24 November 2026

  • Place Auditorium 4 (First floor- TSE Building)

  • Speaker or organiser Marina Tulin (University of Amsterdam)

Détails