Google AI lab study could help develop cyborgs know where they stand in society

Brain study from Google AI lab could help develop cyborgs that know where they stand in society's pecking order Participants had brain scans while learning about fictional company structures Then they had to identify which of two firms people worked at from their images Researchers believe that the way humans' brains work out their place in social hierarchies could be applied to intelligent robots in future Researchers believe that the way humans' brains work out their place in social hierarchies could be applied to intelligent robots in future Brain signals automatically tell us how humans fit into social hierarchies, according to new research. The findings could help build intelligent robots that know where they stand in the pecking order in relation to humans. After learning about the power structures, they were shown pictures of individuals from each company. From this, they had to decide which company the person worked for. 'We found that the way in which participants learn about the power of individuals was best explained by a process of Bayesian inference' said Dharshan Kumaran, a research scientist at DeepMind.