Posts tagged "Mental Models":
The LLM as Ancient Greek Hero, Returned
The judge chose to sidestep the difficult question of whether Andrew was stolen or abducted by focusing on an altogether different angle on the case. The charges might have been dismissed if Mr. D. had a valid right to take care of Andrew – as a person – or own him – as a thing – or if Andrew was able to decide on his own to go with Mr. D. The judge then resolved to ask Andrew what he wanted. A professional assessment with people who could talk to him was an option.
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The Brain of Prof. Le Cun
In a remarkable paper (Le Cun, 2022) Turing Award recipient Yann Le Cun proposes a new cognitive architecture for intelligent agents. The selection of questions this architecture seeks to address is drawn from cognitive psychology (animal and human learning abilities and world understanding). It also dramatizes a strong conviction in the universality of gradient-based learning. We argue from confronting it to well-known studies in experimental psychology and recent results in neuroscience that the new architecture is both misleading and truly inspiring.
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