cognition – Page 3 – Andrew Fairless, Ph.D.

What I Read: Mimicry, Artificial Intelligence

By Andrew Fairless on August 11, 2022July 8, 2022

Moving Beyond Mimicry in Artificial Intelligence Moving Beyond Mimicry in Artificial IntelligenceWhat makes pre-trained AI models so impressive—and potentially harmful.Raphaël MillièreJuly 1, 2022 “Sufficiently advanced mimicry is virtually indistinguishable fromContinue readingWhat I Read: Mimicry, Artificial Intelligence

What I Read: How Animals Map 3D Spaces

By Andrew Fairless on October 19, 2021October 16, 2021

https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-animals-map-3d-spaces-surprises-brain-researchers-20211014/ How Animals Map 3D Spaces Surprises Brain ResearchersJordana CepelewiczOctober 14, 2021 When animals move through 3D spaces, the neat system of grid cell activity they use for navigating onContinue readingWhat I Read: How Animals Map 3D Spaces

What I Read: Same or Different? The Question Flummoxes Neural Networks

By Andrew Fairless on July 19, 2021July 2, 2021

https://www.quantamagazine.org/same-or-different-ai-cant-tell-20210623/ Same or Different? The Question Flummoxes Neural Networks.John PavlusContributing WriterJune 23, 2021 “One of the most powerful classes of artificial intelligence systems, known as convolutional neural networks or CNNs…Continue readingWhat I Read: Same or Different? The Question Flummoxes Neural Networks

What I Read: Five types of thinking

By Andrew Fairless on July 7, 2021June 22, 2021

https://towardsdatascience.com/five-types-of-thinking-for-a-high-performing-data-scientist-8ab70d70c23b?gi=772956cb941c Thinking about thinking (Part 1)Five types of thinking for a high performing data scientistFrom mental models to computational thinkingAnand S RaoApr 25 “As data scientists, we have to understandContinue readingWhat I Read: Five types of thinking

What I Read: Ezra Klein Interviews Alison Gopnik

By Andrew Fairless on April 25, 2021April 17, 2021

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/16/podcasts/ezra-klein-podcast-alison-gopnik-transcript.html The Ezra Klein ShowTranscript: Ezra Klein Interviews Alison GopnikThe April 16 episode of “The Ezra Klein Show.”April 16, 2021 “And I find the direction you’re coming into this fromContinue readingWhat I Read: Ezra Klein Interviews Alison Gopnik

What I Read: Brain ‘Rotates’ Memories to Save Them From New Sensations

By Andrew Fairless on April 18, 2021April 17, 2021

https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-brain-rotates-memories-to-save-them-from-new-sensations-20210415/ The Brain ‘Rotates’ Memories to Save Them From New SensationsJordana CepelewiczStaff WriterApril 15, 2021 “Some populations of neurons simultaneously process sensations and memories. New work shows how the brainContinue readingWhat I Read: Brain ‘Rotates’ Memories to Save Them From New Sensations

What I Read: Five Cognitive Biases

By Andrew Fairless on January 2, 2021December 22, 2020

https://builtin.com/data-science/cognitive-biases-data-science Five Cognitive Biases in Data Science (and How to Avoid Them)Everyone is prey to cognitive biases that skew thinking, but data scientists must prevent them from spoiling their work.RahulContinue readingWhat I Read: Five Cognitive Biases

What I Read: Kids’ brains building AI

By Andrew Fairless on December 15, 2020December 3, 2020

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2019/2/28/18239993/artificial-intelligence-children-machine-learning-alison-gopnik-psychology Kids’ brains may hold the secret to building better AIby Sigal Samuel “It’s called Moravec’s paradox: The things we thought would be hard — like playing chess — areContinue readingWhat I Read: Kids’ brains building AI

What I Read: Mental Shortcuts Physician Errors

By Andrew Fairless on December 13, 2020December 1, 2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/20/upshot/mental-shortcuts-medical-errors.html How Common Mental Shortcuts Can Cause Major Physician ErrorsTendencies like left-digit bias can have life-altering consequences for patients.By Anupam B. Jena and Andrew R. OlenskiFeb. 20, 2020 “But aContinue readingWhat I Read: Mental Shortcuts Physician Errors

What I Read: Hidden Computational Power in Neurons

By Andrew Fairless on November 30, 2020November 28, 2020

https://www.quantamagazine.org/neural-dendrites-reveal-their-computational-power-20200114/ Hidden Computational Power Found in the Arms of NeuronsJordana CepelewiczStaff WriterJanuary 14, 2020The dendritic arms of some human neurons can perform logic operations that once seemed to require wholeContinue readingWhat I Read: Hidden Computational Power in Neurons

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