Implications of the social brain hypothesis for evolving human-like cognition in digital organisms
Publication Type:
Conference ProceedingsSource:
Proceedings of 10th European Conference on Artificial Life (ECAL’09), Budapest. Springer.Keywords:
artificial intelligence; sociality; evolution; social selection; Machiavellian intelligence; ALifeAbstract:
Data show that human-like cognitive traits do not evolve in animals through natural selection. Rather, human-like cognition evolves through runaway selection for social skills. Here, we discuss why social selection may be uniquely effective for promoting human-like cognition, and the conditions that facilitate it. These observations suggest future directions for artificial life research aimed at generating human-like cognition in digital organisms.