Brenden Lake
brendenlake.bsky.social
Brenden Lake
@brendenlake.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Computer Science and Psychology @ Princeton. Posts are my views only. https://www.cs.princeton.edu/~bl8144/
I am also trying something new: posting our current and future directions directly on the lab website. Interested in joining us or collaborating? Get in touch! (2/2) lake-lab.github.io/apply/
September 8, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Reposted by Brenden Lake
For much more, see the paper! arxiv.org/abs/2508.05776

By Tom Griffiths, Brenden Lake, Tom McCoy, Ellie Pavlick, and Taylor Webb (@cocoscilab.bsky.social‬, @brendenlake.bsky.social‬, ‪@rtommccoy.bsky.social‬, Ellie Pavlick, @taylorwwebb.bsky.social‬)

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Whither symbols in the era of advanced neural networks?
Some of the strongest evidence that human minds should be thought about in terms of symbolic systems has been the way they combine ideas, produce novelty, and learn quickly. We argue that modern neura...
arxiv.org
August 15, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Some exciting Princeton Initiatives:

Natural and Artificial Minds
nam.ai.princeton.edu

Princeton AI Lab
ai.princeton.edu/ai-lab

Princeton Language and Intelligence
pli.princeton.edu
June 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM
It's hard to leave NYU. I'll miss my incredible colleagues and the community that's meant so much over the past 8 years. NYU has become the largest hub for computational cognitive science that I know — it's been a joy and a privilege to be part of that. Thankfully, Princeton isn't too far.
June 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Amazing, congratulations Fred!!
May 13, 2025 at 6:23 PM