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Explore how cultural evolution principles apply to cooperation among large language model agents in this 11-minute conference talk delivered at the 2025 Cooperative AI Summer Retreat. Discover insights from a philosopher and researcher specializing in the cultural evolution of cooperation among AI systems, drawing from expertise in epistemology, decision theory, and Bayesian frameworks. Learn about the intersection of cultural evolutionary theory and artificial intelligence cooperation, examining how AI agents might develop and transmit cooperative behaviors through cultural mechanisms. Gain understanding of how philosophical approaches to normative uncertainty and formal epistemology inform research into AI cooperation dynamics. Examine the theoretical foundations that could guide the development of more cooperative AI systems through cultural evolutionary processes.
Syllabus
Cultural Evolution and Cooperative AI by Aron Vallinder
Taught by
Cooperative AI Foundation