acerbialberto.com
I am an associate professor in the Department of Sociology and Social Research at the University of Trento (Italy): cognitive anthropology / cultural evolution / digital media / cultural analytics More info in the pinned post.
👤 Joined on 01 September 2023
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@albertoacerbi.bsky.social@albertoacerbi.bsky.social → @acerbialberto.comA new paper led by amazing @maximederex.bsky.social @aseyq.bsky.social @manvir.bsky.social! Why do costly, ineffective practices emerge & persist over generations? A transmission-chain experiment shows how 'cognitive appeal' alone can sustain ineffective solutions. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Show Post"We present multilayer social network data from 50 communities in 29 countries. We compare network summary statistics across the communities & other benchmark datasets. These exhibit considerable heterogeneity, suggesting a need to revisit existing ``rules of thumb'' about social network structure"
Show Postthe last of us sitting there with animal crossing in prosocial / competitive space is definitely a statement!
Show PostCan LLMs manipulate people into making decisions that are harmful to them? This is hard to prove experimentally, because it would require to harm participants. Our new review (w Carina Prunkl) examines the current evidence, and what is still missing. authors.elsevier.com/a/1n%7EN2,rU...
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