Status:: #🌱 Tags:: Links:: <% tp.file.cursor(4) %> ___ # AIs are the first tool humans have ever made that could fundamentally change the social blueprint AIs can be coded to act in ways that a human never would in the same scenario. In effect, they can fundamentally alter the manifestations of [[The social suite]] that humans have had in their genes for so long. For example, one aspect of the social suite is the tendency to form in groups and outgroups and have a bias towards disliking the outgroup. In one study, Chenovik brought groups of students into a lab and placed them into groups of four (three people and one humanoid robot). The groups were given the challenge of solving a game (involving laying railroad tracks in a virtual world) and the robot was programmed to make some mistakes and—importantly—to vocally acknowledge them (for instance, saying, “Sorry, guys, I made the mistake this round. I know it may be hard to believe, but robots make mistakes too”). The presence of this robot willing to admit error modified how the humans interacted among themselves, making them work better together.