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Avoiding frostbite: It helps to learn from others

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 November 2017

Michael Henry Tessler ,
Noah D. Goodman  and
Michael C. Frank
Michael Henry Tessler
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305. mtessler@standford.edu ngoodman@standford.edu mcfrank@stanford.edu stanford.edu/~mtessler/ noahgoodman.net stanford.edu/~mcfrank/
Noah D. Goodman
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305. mtessler@standford.edu ngoodman@standford.edu mcfrank@stanford.edu stanford.edu/~mtessler/ noahgoodman.net stanford.edu/~mcfrank/
Michael C. Frank
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305. mtessler@standford.edu ngoodman@standford.edu mcfrank@stanford.edu stanford.edu/~mtessler/ noahgoodman.net stanford.edu/~mcfrank/
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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.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 40 , 2017 , e279
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2017 

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