Avoiding frostbite: It helps to learn from others. (10th November 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Tessler, Michael Henry; Goodman, Noah D.; Frank, Michael C.
• Is Part Of: Behavioral and brain sciences. Volume 40(2017)
• Publication Date: 2017-11-10
• Subjects: Psychophysiology -- Periodicals; Psychology -- Periodicals; Human behavior -- Periodicals; Animal behavior -- Periodicals; Brain -- Periodicals; 616.89142
• DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X17000280
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0140-525X

Abstract

Abstract: Machines that learn and think like people must be able to learn from others. Social learning speeds up the learning process and – in combination with language – is a gateway to abstract and unobservable information. Social learning also facilitates the accumulation of knowledge across generations, helping people and artificial intelligences learn things that no individual could learn in a lifetime.