Gizmodo: Researchers Say AI Is Homogenizing Human Expression and Thought. “The team of researchers analyzed more than 130 studies to better understand how large language models affect cognitive diversity, examining research across a variety of fields from linguistics to computer science. The team found that, despite the fact that AI models pull from a huge database of information, they […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/17/gizmodo-researchers-say-ai-is-homogenizing-human-expression-and-thought/
Gizmodo: Researchers Say AI Is Homogenizing Human Expression and Thought

Gizmodo: Researchers Say AI Is Homogenizing Human Expression and Thought. “The team of researchers analyzed more than 130 studies to better understand how large language models affect cogniti…

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🎸 Ah, the profound depths of human culture—distilled down to a 404 error! Apparently, the evolution of #distortion is so cutting-edge, it requires #JavaScript sorcery just to comprehend. 🍪🔄 Maybe next they'll write about the cultural significance of buffering icons. 😂
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rstb.2024.0014 #humanCulture #404Error #Technology #Humor #HackerNews #ngated

Humans aren’t the only animals with complex culture − but researchers point to one feature that makes ours unique

https://theconversation.com/humans-arent-the-only-animals-with-complex-culture-but-researchers-point-to-one-feature-that-makes-ours-unique-245526

> Animals can learn from each other, maintaining their cultures for long periods of time. What sets people apart may be the uniquely open-ended ways we invent new ideas and share and build on them.

#humanculture #anthropology

Humans aren’t the only animals with complex culture − but researchers point to one feature that makes ours unique

Animals can learn from each other, maintaining their cultures for long periods of time. What sets people apart may be the uniquely open-ended ways we invent new ideas and share and build on them.

The Conversation

https://phys.org/news/2024-11-evolutionary-anthropologist-hypothesis-humans-dominating.html

"what's special about human culture that differentiates us from other animals?

…they can't imagine elaborate sequences very easily, or they can't imagine subgoals…in the end, we concluded that the special thing about #humanculture is its open-endedness. It can accumulate but then it never has to stop, it just keeps going."

Evolutionary anthropologist presents hypothesis about why humans are dominating the world over other animals

Why is human culture—the shared body of knowledge passed down across generations—so much more powerful than animal cultures?

Phys.org
@asb @bkeegan @Vice finally, it is not humans that are in risk, but #humanculture. We may face an #informationwar if this continues.
Max Tegmark - Cognition and Culture

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The Ecological Role of Insects and the Relationship to Human Culture – An In-Depth Examination with Barrett Klein
Can examining the world of insects give humans insight into our state of being? Research may show that many fields of human health can be advanced through the stud
https://www.findinggeniuspodcast.com/podcasts/the-ecological-role-of-insects-and-the-relationship-to-human-culture-an-in-depth-examination-with-barrett-klein/
#EcologicalRoleofInsects #HumanCulture #Socialbiology
The Ecological Role of Insects and the Relationship to Human Culture

Barrett Klein, professor at the University of Wisconsin shares his research on the relationship between human and insect social biology.

Finding Genius Podcast