Network engineering using autonomous agents increases cooperation in human groups

H Shirado, NA Christakis - Iscience, 2020 - cell.com
Cooperation in human groups is challenging, and various mechanisms are required to
sustain it, although it nevertheless usually decays over time. Here, we perform theoretically …

Scaffolding cooperation in human groups with deep reinforcement learning

KR McKee, A Tacchetti, MA Bakker, J Balaguer… - Nature Human …, 2023 - nature.com
Effective approaches to encouraging group cooperation are still an open challenge. Here
we apply recent advances in deep learning to structure networks of human participants …

Static network structure can stabilize human cooperation

DG Rand, MA Nowak, JH Fowler… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
The evolution of cooperation in network-structured populations has been a major focus of
theoretical work in recent years. When players are embedded in fixed networks, cooperators …

Stingy bots can improve human welfare in experimental sharing networks

H Shirado, YTY Hou, MF Jung - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Machines powered by artificial intelligence increasingly permeate social networks
with control over resources. However, machine allocation behavior might offer little benefit to …

Dynamic social networks promote cooperation in experiments with humans

DG Rand, S Arbesman… - Proceedings of the …, 2011 - National Acad Sciences
Human populations are both highly cooperative and highly organized. Human interactions
are not random but rather are structured in social networks. Importantly, ties in these …

Human cooperation by lethal group competition

M Egas, R Kats, X Van Der Sar, E Reuben… - Scientific reports, 2013 - nature.com
Why humans are prone to cooperate puzzles biologists, psychologists and economists alike.
Between-group conflict has been hypothesized to drive within-group cooperation. However …

Conditional cooperation can hinder network reciprocity

D Semmann - Proceedings of the National Academy of …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
Social networks are ubiquitous in our internet-dominated culture, and the new virtual social
networks have a lot in common with traditional social networks (eg, friends and colleagues) …

Co‐evolution of behaviour and social network structure promotes human cooperation

K Fehl, DJ van der Post, D Semmann - Ecology letters, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Ecology Letters (2011) 14: 546–551 Abstract The ubiquity of cooperation in nature is
puzzling because cooperators can be exploited by defectors. Recent theoretical work shows …

Cooperative behavior cascades in human social networks

JH Fowler, NA Christakis - Proceedings of the National …, 2010 - National Acad Sciences
Theoretical models suggest that social networks influence the evolution of cooperation, but
to date there have been few experimental studies. Observational data suggest that a wide …

Reputation drives cooperative behaviour and network formation in human groups

JA Cuesta, C Gracia-Lázaro, A Ferrer, Y Moreno… - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
Cooperativeness is a defining feature of human nature. Theoreticians have suggested
several mechanisms to explain this ubiquitous phenomenon, including reciprocity …