Jacob B Hirsh

Theory of collective mind.

Trends in Cognitive Sciences November 2023 Garriy Shteynberg, Jacob B Hirsh, Wouter Wolf et al.

Theory of mind research has traditionally focused on the ascription of mental states to a single individual. Here, we introduce a theory of collective mind: the ascription of a unified mental state to a group of agents with convergent experiences. Rather than differentiation between one's personal perspective and that of another agent, a theory of collective mind requires perspectival...