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Center for Humans and Machines (CHM)

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The Center for Humans & Machines conducts interdisciplinary science, to understand, anticipate, and shape major disruptions from digital media and Artificial Intelligence to the way we think, learn, work, play, cooperate and govern.

Guiding Concepts

  • Concept 1: Machine behavior

    Understanding machine behavior, including human perception and reaction to such behavior, requires concepts and methodologies from across the behavioral sciences.

  • Concept 2: Science Fiction Science Concept 2: Science Fiction Science

    To anticipate the impact of future technologies on humans, we combine our imagination of possible futures, with a scientific approach to studying behavior.

  • Concept 3: Superminds

    The future will be determined by competition between superminds: groups of humans augmented by culture, institutions, communication technology and Artificial Intelligence.

About Max-Planck-Institut für Bildungsforschung

The Max Planck Institute for Human Development is dedicated to the study of human development and education, as well as human-machine interaction. Researchers of various disciplines – including psychology, education, sociology, medicine, history, economics, computer science, and mathematics – work together on interdisciplinary projects at the Berlin Institute. The research questions they examine include how people make effective decisions even under time pressure and information overload, how the interaction between behaviour and brain function changes over the lifespan, as well as how human emotions change in a historical context and how they have affected the course of history itself and what social innovations and challenges come with digitalization.

Founded in 1963
Co-workers 200-500

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