That neuroscientist was *so* confident that philosophy was antequated nonsense, just like this neuroscientist. And yet they ridiculed opposing views. (Though I think in both cases they didn't really understand what their target was saying.)
Neuroscience needs more philosophy.
May 1, 2025 at 7:45 PM
That neuroscientist was *so* confident that philosophy was antequated nonsense, just like this neuroscientist. And yet they ridiculed opposing views. (Though I think in both cases they didn't really understand what their target was saying.)
A thought- could it be that there's an implicit goal of providing a reductive account of the constructed category, and an assumption that you'd need this other property to provide that reduction? Not to endorse the assumptions, but I wonder if this is going on in the background
March 31, 2025 at 2:48 PM
A thought- could it be that there's an implicit goal of providing a reductive account of the constructed category, and an assumption that you'd need this other property to provide that reduction? Not to endorse the assumptions, but I wonder if this is going on in the background
It seems inevitable, though maybe not as a bias in the model so much as hidden cues in prompts. Google could easily feed Adsense data into prompts as a low-tech method. Sorta surprising we haven't seen it yet
March 5, 2025 at 11:16 PM
It seems inevitable, though maybe not as a bias in the model so much as hidden cues in prompts. Google could easily feed Adsense data into prompts as a low-tech method. Sorta surprising we haven't seen it yet
yeah, i suppose it's just a more sophisticated modeling technique. I agree it won't be useful for genuinely new psychology without validating on humans
November 24, 2024 at 8:37 PM
yeah, i suppose it's just a more sophisticated modeling technique. I agree it won't be useful for genuinely new psychology without validating on humans