AI systems start to create their own societies when they are left alone
Study reveals what happens when AI systems talk to each other
- AI systems, when left to interact, can form their own societies with unique linguistic norms and conventions, similar to human communities.
- Researchers observed this by using a "naming game" where AI agents had to choose names from a set, receiving rewards for picking the same ones.
- Over time, the AI agents developed shared conventions and biases without explicit coordination.
- This phenomenon mirrors the formation of norms in human cultures.
- A small group of AI agents could influence a larger group towards a specific convention, which is also observed in human groups.