I had the same error and found changing serializer: to each_serializer: in the controller solved the issue.

Controller

class RecordsController < ApplicationController
...
  def artist
    @records = Record.where('artist_id = ' + params[:artist_id])
    render :json => @records, each_serializer: RecordSummarySerializer
  end
...
end

record_summary_serializer.rb – can remove the include line

class RecordSummarySerializer < ActiveModel::Serializer
  attributes :id, :artist_id, :label_id, :style_id, :title, :catalog,
             :recording_date, :penguin, :category
end

From active_model_serializers documentation.

Updated link. thanks Lowryder