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Levin Brinkmann

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Research Scientist at Max Planck Institute for Human Development
📍 Berlin Metropolitan Area, Germany

Levin Brinkmann is a Research Scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, where he explores the intersection of AI and cultural evolution. His work uses reinforcement learning to understand hybrid human-machine systems, drawing on his academic background in Physics from Kings College London.

He is driven by a mission to design human-machine systems that embrace complexity, diversity, and joy. His projects have included freelance work on AI-augmented creativity in marketing and, during a stint at the MIT Media Lab, designing a collective exploration of artistic styles in latent space.

Unique fact: Levins research focuses on how AI can influence (and be influenced by) emergent behavior at the scale of culture.

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Experience
8 Years
Current Role
Research Scientist
Location
Berlin Metropolitan Area, Germany
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AI & Cultural Evolution
His core research at the Max Planck Institute focuses on how AI and human societies co-evolve and influence each other's behavior.
Hybrid Social Learning
A key theme from his published work, exploring how humans and algorithms learn from each other in a shared cultural transmission process.
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Career

Work history

9-2024
Research Scientist
Max Planck Institute for Human Development
5-2020 - 8-2024
Predoctoral Fellow
Max Planck Institute for Human Development
10-2019 - 4-2020
Research Collaborator
Max Planck Institute for Human Development
3-2018
Data Scientist
Freelancer
9-2022 - 2-2023
Visiting PHD Student
MIT Media Lab
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Education
2012 - 2014
Master’s Degree
The University of Göttingen
2010 - 2011
Physics
King's College London
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