cognitive science
PulseAugur coverage of cognitive science — every cluster mentioning cognitive science across labs, papers, and developer communities, ranked by signal.
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Humans evolved instruction-following bias, similar to LLMs, paper suggests
A new position paper proposes that humans possess an evolved instruction-following bias, an innate inductive bias that enables rapid learning from instructions. This bias is compared to the instruction tuning used in la…
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AI development explores 'essentialism' and code pruning
The author explores the concept of "essentialism" in the context of AI development and personal productivity. This involves a recurring theme of "code pruning" and questioning whether deleting old work or code is a sign…
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AI, Consciousness, and Cognitive Science Explored in Mastodon Recap
This cluster aggregates several posts from the Mastodon account @bagrounds, which explore the intersection of AI, consciousness, and cognitive science. The posts delve into topics such as AI's potential for selfhood and…
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AI development explores collaborative drift and code pruning's impact on creativity
This article explores the concept of "collaborative drift" in the context of AI development, questioning whether pruning old code can enhance creativity. It draws parallels to cognitive science and software architecture…
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AI's Hope, Disagreement, and Investment Dynamics Explored
A recent post discusses the complex interplay between hope, disagreement, and investment in the AI field. It touches upon underlying tensions and the influence of perceived 'weight' or significance. The author also pose…
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Demis Hassabis envisions AI for physics and AGI, sparking societal discussion
Demis Hassabis, CEO of DeepMind, has articulated a vision for using frontier AI to tackle fundamental physics problems and usher in a new era of artificial general intelligence (AGI). He emphasizes the societal and phil…
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AI advancements can improve cognitive science theories of natural behavior
A new paper proposes integrating advancements in Artificial Intelligence with cognitive science to develop more generalizable theories of natural behavior. The authors argue that using AI to analyze naturalistic stimuli…
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Information foraging theory explains search behavior
Information foraging theory, a concept from cognitive science and behavioral ecology, explores how individuals decide when to cease their search for information. This theory is relevant to human-computer interaction (HC…
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AI's essence, mathematical structure, and historical context debated
This cluster explores the fundamental nature of artificial intelligence, questioning if intelligence itself is a mathematical structure. One item delves into the "essence" of AI, suggesting that understanding it reveals…