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Jennifer Culbertson

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Evolutionary BiologybioRxivPreprintMay 23, 2025

Iterated language learning is shaped by a drive for optimizing lossy compression

Nathaniel Imel, Jennifer Culbertson, Simon Kirby, Noga Zaslavsky

The paper shows that iterated learning leads semantic systems to approach optimal lossy compression of meaning, suggesting a cognitive bias toward efficient representation.

DOI 10.1101/2025.05.23.655237

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