Levin Brinkmann
@levinbrinkmann.bsky.social
Research Scientist | Max Planck Institute for Human Development | Understanding and shaping the dynamics of the Human-Machine Society
How do social incentives and structures shape AI behavior? How do machines co-evolve with us?
Come to figure it out and explore similar questions not yet asked. CogSci, Econ, Physics, CS, Psyc. Everyone here comes from somewhere different, and everyone is kind about it.
Come to figure it out and explore similar questions not yet asked. CogSci, Econ, Physics, CS, Psyc. Everyone here comes from somewhere different, and everyone is kind about it.
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📍 Berlin
📅 3-year position
💡 Ideal for researchers with a PhD in Computer Science, Cognitive Science, Applied Math, Physics, etc. and a strong background in AI, RL, and computational social science.
Details below
📍 Berlin
📅 3-year position
💡 Ideal for researchers with a PhD in Computer Science, Cognitive Science, Applied Math, Physics, etc. and a strong background in AI, RL, and computational social science.
Details below
Postdoctoral Fellow in Social Reinforcement Learning and Human-AI Hybrid Systems - Max-Planck-Institut für Bildungsforschung
The Center for Humans and Machines (CHM) at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin conducts interdisciplinary science to understand, anticipate, and shape major disruptions from A...
careers.mpib-berlin.mpg.de
August 19, 2026 at 9:14 AM
How do social incentives and structures shape AI behavior? How do machines co-evolve with us?
Come to figure it out and explore similar questions not yet asked. CogSci, Econ, Physics, CS, Psyc. Everyone here comes from somewhere different, and everyone is kind about it.
Come to figure it out and explore similar questions not yet asked. CogSci, Econ, Physics, CS, Psyc. Everyone here comes from somewhere different, and everyone is kind about it.
We worry about homogenisation, but can AI also expand human culture? In a multi-generational experiment we demonstrate AI-induced cultural shifts. Machines lastingly shift human behavior, beyond their presence, just as AlphaGo did to Go.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Propagation and preservation of AI-discovered problem-solving strategies in human culture - Nature Communications
AI can uncover problem-solving strategies beyond human discovery. Here, the authors show that AI-discovered strategies propagate and persist in human populations, producing cultural shifts when non-tr...
www.nature.com
August 18, 2026 at 3:05 PM
We worry about homogenisation, but can AI also expand human culture? In a multi-generational experiment we demonstrate AI-induced cultural shifts. Machines lastingly shift human behavior, beyond their presence, just as AlphaGo did to Go.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
LLMs are imitating human behavior with increasing fidelity.
The Behavioral Clones workshop explores machines as instruments for studying human behavior, foundations of machine behavior, and tools for social simulation.
Join Online, Wed May 20, 9am Berlin: www.eventbrite.com/e/behavioral...
The Behavioral Clones workshop explores machines as instruments for studying human behavior, foundations of machine behavior, and tools for social simulation.
Join Online, Wed May 20, 9am Berlin: www.eventbrite.com/e/behavioral...
Behavioral Clones online participation
A one-day workshop on behavioral clones — AI systems that model human
decision-making and social behavior.
www.eventbrite.com
May 17, 2026 at 11:50 AM
LLMs are imitating human behavior with increasing fidelity.
The Behavioral Clones workshop explores machines as instruments for studying human behavior, foundations of machine behavior, and tools for social simulation.
Join Online, Wed May 20, 9am Berlin: www.eventbrite.com/e/behavioral...
The Behavioral Clones workshop explores machines as instruments for studying human behavior, foundations of machine behavior, and tools for social simulation.
Join Online, Wed May 20, 9am Berlin: www.eventbrite.com/e/behavioral...
DEADLINE EXTENSION
Workshop on Behavioral Clones @ Machine+Behavior
Join us in Berlin on 🗓Fri, 20 May 2026!
Submission Deadline: Wed, 11 Feb 2026
machinebehavior.science/behavioral-c...
Workshop on Behavioral Clones @ Machine+Behavior
Join us in Berlin on 🗓Fri, 20 May 2026!
Submission Deadline: Wed, 11 Feb 2026
machinebehavior.science/behavioral-c...
Machine+Behavior Conference
Welcome to the forefront of behavioral science in the digital age.
machinebehavior.science
February 5, 2026 at 10:16 AM
DEADLINE EXTENSION
Workshop on Behavioral Clones @ Machine+Behavior
Join us in Berlin on 🗓Fri, 20 May 2026!
Submission Deadline: Wed, 11 Feb 2026
machinebehavior.science/behavioral-c...
Workshop on Behavioral Clones @ Machine+Behavior
Join us in Berlin on 🗓Fri, 20 May 2026!
Submission Deadline: Wed, 11 Feb 2026
machinebehavior.science/behavioral-c...
WORKSHOP ON BEHAVIORAL CLONES
Imitating humans is a powerful route to machine behavior, an emerging lens on human cognition, and a prerequisite for social simulation.
🗓 Fri 20 May 26
Following Machine+Behavior @ Max Planck Berlin
Invited talks by @danicajdillion.bsky.social @marcelbinz.bsky.social
Imitating humans is a powerful route to machine behavior, an emerging lens on human cognition, and a prerequisite for social simulation.
🗓 Fri 20 May 26
Following Machine+Behavior @ Max Planck Berlin
Invited talks by @danicajdillion.bsky.social @marcelbinz.bsky.social
December 29, 2025 at 1:35 PM
WORKSHOP ON BEHAVIORAL CLONES
Imitating humans is a powerful route to machine behavior, an emerging lens on human cognition, and a prerequisite for social simulation.
🗓 Fri 20 May 26
Following Machine+Behavior @ Max Planck Berlin
Invited talks by @danicajdillion.bsky.social @marcelbinz.bsky.social
Imitating humans is a powerful route to machine behavior, an emerging lens on human cognition, and a prerequisite for social simulation.
🗓 Fri 20 May 26
Following Machine+Behavior @ Max Planck Berlin
Invited talks by @danicajdillion.bsky.social @marcelbinz.bsky.social
Reposted by Levin Brinkmann
Great coverage by @sciam.bsky.social of our research on how ChatGPT is influencing the words we use in conversation!
Work led by Hiromu Yakura & @levinbrinkmann.bsky.social
www.scientificamerican.com/article/chat...
Work led by Hiromu Yakura & @levinbrinkmann.bsky.social
www.scientificamerican.com/article/chat...
ChatGPT Is Changing the Words We Use in Conversation
Words frequently used by ChatGPT, including “delve” and “meticulous,” are getting more common in spoken language, according to an analysis of more than 700,000 hours of videos and podcasts
www.scientificamerican.com
July 15, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Great coverage by @sciam.bsky.social of our research on how ChatGPT is influencing the words we use in conversation!
Work led by Hiromu Yakura & @levinbrinkmann.bsky.social
www.scientificamerican.com/article/chat...
Work led by Hiromu Yakura & @levinbrinkmann.bsky.social
www.scientificamerican.com/article/chat...
You sound like ChatGPT -- that is what The Verge said about our recent preprint on how ChatGPT is reshaping human spoken communication.
Chatbots are becoming a cultural medium and agent of cultural homogenisation. Is this inevitable, or can model diversity help? www.theverge.com/openai/68674...
Chatbots are becoming a cultural medium and agent of cultural homogenisation. Is this inevitable, or can model diversity help? www.theverge.com/openai/68674...
You sound like ChatGPT
AI isn’t just impacting how we write — it’s changing how we speak and interact with others. And there’s only more to come.
www.theverge.com
June 21, 2025 at 4:35 PM
You sound like ChatGPT -- that is what The Verge said about our recent preprint on how ChatGPT is reshaping human spoken communication.
Chatbots are becoming a cultural medium and agent of cultural homogenisation. Is this inevitable, or can model diversity help? www.theverge.com/openai/68674...
Chatbots are becoming a cultural medium and agent of cultural homogenisation. Is this inevitable, or can model diversity help? www.theverge.com/openai/68674...
Reposted by Levin Brinkmann
How does #genAI affect creative professions? Does domain training also provide an #AI edge?
In "Expertise elevates AI usage: experimental evidence comparing laypeople and professional artists"
we ran controlled tasks w 50 artists + laypeople & a #GPT4o agent: arxiv.org/abs/2501.12374
Results...
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In "Expertise elevates AI usage: experimental evidence comparing laypeople and professional artists"
we ran controlled tasks w 50 artists + laypeople & a #GPT4o agent: arxiv.org/abs/2501.12374
Results...
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January 22, 2025 at 1:22 PM
How does #genAI affect creative professions? Does domain training also provide an #AI edge?
In "Expertise elevates AI usage: experimental evidence comparing laypeople and professional artists"
we ran controlled tasks w 50 artists + laypeople & a #GPT4o agent: arxiv.org/abs/2501.12374
Results...
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In "Expertise elevates AI usage: experimental evidence comparing laypeople and professional artists"
we ran controlled tasks w 50 artists + laypeople & a #GPT4o agent: arxiv.org/abs/2501.12374
Results...
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