Michael Muthukrishna

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Associate Professor at LSE. Tech Director and co-founder of the Database of Religious History. Researching & spreading the word on how humans evolved & what that means for us today.
Twitterhttps://twitter.com/mmuthukrishna
Websitehttps://michael.muthukrishna.com/
Substackhttps://muthukrishnalab.substack.com
LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelmuthukrishna

Full thread on the cultural evolution of genetic heritability and what it means for understanding IQ and intelligence here:
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🚨New target article in @BBSJournal: "Cultural Evolution of Genetic Heritability" w/ @RyutaroUchiyama & @RachelASpicer

Preprint: http://muth.io/cegh

BBS: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/behavioral-and-brain-sciences/article/abs/cultural-evolution-of-genetic-heritability/9CBEB62920…
https://twitter.com/mmuthukrishna/status/1395731515540127746

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RT @kareem_carr
The perception of IQ as a seemingly objective measure of intelligence is frequently used to promote racist pseudoscience on social media.

For this reason, I think it's extremely important for people to know some relevant facts about IQ:
https://twitter.com/kareem_carr/status/1653076849717825536

Kareem Carr | Data Scientist | 📊📈📚 on Twitter

“The perception of IQ as a seemingly objective measure of intelligence is frequently used to promote racist pseudoscience on social media. For this reason, I think it's extremely important for people to know some relevant facts about IQ:”

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With quotes from:
@robert_t_boyd
@erezyoeli
@catherinemolho
@PaulvanLange
@CBicchieri
See @JoHenrich and my review, summarized here:
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🚨New paper on "The Origins and Psychology of Human Cooperation" in Annual Review of Psychology w/ @JoHenrich. Many mechanisms have been proposed to explain human cooperation. How well do they explain the breadth, intensity, & variation across societies, history, & domain? 1/
https://twitter.com/mmuthukrishna/status/1351223993093791745
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“🚨New paper on "The Origins and Psychology of Human Cooperation" in Annual Review of Psychology w/ @JoHenrich. Many mechanisms have been proposed to explain human cooperation. How well do they explain the breadth, intensity, & variation across societies, history, & domain? 1/”

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Article in Annual Reviews magazine on Cooperation:
https://knowablemagazine.org/article/society/2023/secrets-of-cooperation

How #AI as a fourth line of information will transform human intelligence.

Some excerpts from my book and the role of AI in cultural evolution: https://muthukrishnalab.substack.com/p/the-rise-of-ai-how-the-fourth-line?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=auto_share&r=8ap6f

The Rise of AI: How the Fourth Line of Information Will Transform Human Intelligence

AI is already smarter than the smartest human alive today, but will make us smarter.

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Muthukrishna Lab -- The Rise of AI: How the Fourth Line of Information Will Transform Human Intelligence https://muthukrishnalab.substack.com/p/the-rise-of-ai-how-the-fourth-line?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=auto_share&r=8ap6f
The Rise of AI: How the Fourth Line of Information Will Transform Human Intelligence

AI is already smarter than the smartest human alive today, but will make us smarter.

Muthukrishna Lab

This is huge. #ChatGPT fails at math and isn't as good at traditional computation, but can plug that gap with #WolframAlpha thanks to all the work on its natural language interface.

ChatGPT can read the documentation to decide to speak to WolframAlpha with words or the Wolfram…
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Had a great conversation with the one and only @stephen_wolfram

🗣 We talked about prompt engineering, AI ethics & constitutions, and of course…
https://twitter.com/imjaredz/status/1639354508097511435

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"A Problem in Theory and More: Measuring the Moderating Role of Culture in Many Labs 2"

https://psyarxiv.com/hmnrx/

An in-depth look at cultural variation in the Many Labs 2 data, and what more needs to be done to more effectively evaluate cultural variation in psychological effects.

Good example of why we need diversity not just in samples but researchers.
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RT @hakeemjefferson
Every idea I’ve had has stemmed from my experiences in the world as a Black person—even research ideas focused on the social & political lives of white people.

The point? Don’t let people shit on “me-search” or on the idea that diversity matters. There’s value in difference. 🧵
https://twitter.com/hakeemjefferson/status/1633857096239419392

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