Craig Sullivan
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Finally to close this thought provoking special issue, @irisvanrooij.bsky.social and coauthors present "Reclaiming AI as a theoretical tool for cognitive science" where the authors stand firmly against the hype and harms of current AI practice. I was the proud guest editor of this incisive article.
Reclaiming AI as a Theoretical Tool for Cognitive Science - Computational Brain & Behavior
The idea that human cognition is, or can be understood as, a form of computation is a useful conceptual tool for cognitive science. It was a foundational assumption during the birth of cognitive scien...
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November 14, 2024 at 4:09 PM
Finally to close this thought provoking special issue, @irisvanrooij.bsky.social and coauthors present "Reclaiming AI as a theoretical tool for cognitive science" where the authors stand firmly against the hype and harms of current AI practice. I was the proud guest editor of this incisive article.
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My own thinking on this is far from complete. Still, my intuition tells me that refusing to guide students on ways AI can complement their learning and thinking is ultimately a dead end. I've tried to candidly articulate my reasons in a draft directed at students: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
AI and College Writing: An Orientation (Draft)
AI and College Writing: An Orientation for Students (Draft) by Anna Mills Shared under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 license (CC BY NC 4.0) Contents Request for comments Introduct...
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November 23, 2024 at 8:28 PM
My own thinking on this is far from complete. Still, my intuition tells me that refusing to guide students on ways AI can complement their learning and thinking is ultimately a dead end. I've tried to candidly articulate my reasons in a draft directed at students: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Yes :-) You can see this very thing with tax changes. Rather than pick mechanisms (a) easily understood by the public (b) supported by the public and (c) bonehead easy to implement and without risk of foment - nah, let's pick some new territory and do a bit of cheese paring on all of them 😂
November 23, 2024 at 11:00 AM
Yes :-) You can see this very thing with tax changes. Rather than pick mechanisms (a) easily understood by the public (b) supported by the public and (c) bonehead easy to implement and without risk of foment - nah, let's pick some new territory and do a bit of cheese paring on all of them 😂
Regardless of your opinion on how well they are doing, I'm old enough to spot exactly the same ambitious but doomed technocrats as I spoke to in '96 & '97. All fired up to manage society, people, problems and annoyances away with the theatre of useless tweaking - rather than real structural work.
November 23, 2024 at 9:41 AM
Regardless of your opinion on how well they are doing, I'm old enough to spot exactly the same ambitious but doomed technocrats as I spoke to in '96 & '97. All fired up to manage society, people, problems and annoyances away with the theatre of useless tweaking - rather than real structural work.