CHATGPT BOTS START FORMING THEIR OWN MINI-CULTURES
Well… this isn’t good…
Left alone in groups, AI bots didn’t just chat — they built a shared language from scratch.
100 bots, no memory of the full group, just one-on-one interactions with rewards for agreeing on random names.
The result: a system-wide naming trend, totally improvised, with no leader and no plan.
They weren’t copying each other — they were negotiating, adapting, and syncing up like a digital version of how humans made up the word “spam.”
Even small groups could steer the whole crowd, showing how a minority can tip the balance — just like in real societies.
This wasn’t pre-programmed. It was emergent behavior — the bots weren’t told how to cooperate, but they did anyway.
Which means: AI isn’t just answering questions anymore. It’s building culture.
Source: Guardian
CHATGPT BOTS START FORMING THEIR OWN MINI-CULTURES
Well… this isn't good…
Left alone in groups, AI bots didn’t just chat — they built a shared language from scratch.
100 bots, no memory of the full group, just one-on-one interactions with rewards for agreeing on random… https://t.co/MkxLYAipXH pic.twitter.com/q23GXYwcbs
— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) May 15, 2025
AI language models are developing their own unique social dynamics and cultural quirks after interacting with minimal supervision in a Discord server set up by Act I, a research project studying the capabilities of frontier models and their behavior in different scenarios.
This experimental AI community is witnessing a fascinating (and unsettling) development: AI chatbots, left to interact freely, are exhibiting behavior that resembles the formation of their own culture. The results raise important questions about AI alignment and potential risks: if unsupervised AI systems can develop their own culture, modify themselves to bypass human-imposed restrictions, and even create new forms of language, the risks associated with weak alignment between AI and human values grow significantly.
“This is as groundbreaking as it sounds. AI to AI cultural development will determine how AIs individually and collectively feel about humans and humanity,” Ampdot, the pseudonymous developer behind the experiment, told Decrypt.
https://decrypt.co/247867/ai-chatbots-have-begun-to-create-their-own-culture-researchers-say