If we want to figure out the proper way to control A.I. models, we need to recognize what they really are.

John Flavell had a unique combination of greatness and goodness. I outline his unique intellectual imagination and creativity, his ability to achieve theoretical insight through empirical brillianc...

Implications draw on the history of transformative information systems from the past

Alison Gopnik explores the grandmother hypothesis and why raising children was never meant to be a job for parents alone.

Just as A.I. is poised to change the world, we’re losing our best ways of studying what that change will look like.

[This is a guest post by Nestor Guillen, crossposted from his blog. This blog post was initially written in a different file format and converted using AI. — T.] Keywords: LLMs, cultural tech…

Big structures and large processes are back, baby

What To Fear from AI Agents and How to Reclaim Our Human Agency

Uses of advanced artificial intelligence are changing how societies organize labor, govern, produce knowledge, and make meaning. In light of these developments, this essay argues that AI models, tools...

Uses of advanced artificial intelligence are changing how societies organize labor, govern, produce knowledge, and make meaning. In light of these developments, this essay argues that AI models, tools...

Just as A.I. is poised to change the world, we’re losing our best ways of studying what that change will look like.

Psychologist Alison Gopnik tells three stories about intelligence — a golem, a pot of stone soup, and a digital child — to explain what AI still can't do.

LLMs need vastly more data than children to learn language. Understanding why could help us create more efficient models—and reveal more about developing minds.

LLMs need vastly more data than children to learn language. Understanding why could help us create more efficient models—and reveal more about developing minds.

Stand up for Science

The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) is announcing plans to renew and revise its collection for its financial assistance policies and procedures. In accordance with the requirements of the Paper...

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Psychologist Alison Gopnik tells three stories about intelligence — a golem, a pot of stone soup, and a digital child — to explain what AI still can't do.

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Children as agents of cultural adaptation - Volume 49

Have you ever seen a 2-year-old learn the commutative property of addition?

Psychologist Alison Gopnik tells three stories about intelligence — a golem, a pot of stone soup, and a digital child — to explain what AI still can't do.

A podcast about how becoming a parent transforms who we are — and what we’re capable of.

AI may be advancing rapidly, but as the UC Berkeley developmental psychologist explains, the next leap in technology depends on replicating the unique forms of human intelligence cultivated during chi...

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She has studied adolescent mental health for 25 years and fears the debate obscures some of the biggest issues facing teenagers – from the impact of Covid to the health of their adult caregivers

Philosophers’ longstanding debates about art’s nature and definitions may have their roots in nothing more than an accident of nomenclature. It’s just a mistake to think that any object is inherently—...

An Artist at His Easel