Of all the analogies, this one about horses is the dumbest.
06.03.2026 05:48
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Of all the analogies, this one about horses is the dumbest.
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excited to share some recent work!
neural networks trained on multi-view sensory data are the first to match human-level 3D shape perception
we predict human accuracy, error patterns, and reaction time—all zero-shot, no training on experimental data
arxiv.org/abs/2602.17650
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Another example: abuse of handicap permits for parking. I know people who abuse them with absolutely no thought for what would happen if more people did the same.
💯 I do wonder whether decisions to use this type of service is a truly personal one vs. not wanting to be the sucker not doing it when the people around you are doing it.
first empirical paper from the Aulet lab! What does learning to count do to a brain? We trained neural networks on different tasks and only counting (i.e., predicting the number of dots in a dot array) reorganized representations around number. New preprint:
Considering that we can barely get people to do logical reasoning *with* deliberation, I'm curious what compelling evidence there is for automatic *logical* inferences (rather than all the other types of inferences). Guess I need to read the preprint!
Check out Margolis's 1989 highly prescient book. He was/is totally right (though I wish the writing was... better) press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo....
Looking forward to reading this Jake! I very much agree that deliberative thinking has not been studied for a while; the talk aloud protocols of the earlier era of reasoning work has fallen out of favor even though it's so much easier to do this now!
a few sociopaths and a whole lot of tragically insecure people.
Oh ffs! 😡 btw, Ezra Klein's recent podcast about the source of Epstein's power is eye opening (and infuriating) www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/o... It's amazing how insecure everyone is...
Academia is diverse. In some fields, many academics think that writing papers has long been the BS part of their job, so they're happy to automate it away. In other cases, people are using LLMs to help find new research, to code... There are so many LLM use cases that aren't about replacing writing!
Fabulous lineup and a critically important topic!
“Humans across multiple languages spontaneously associate the nonwords kiki & bouba with spiky & round shapes, respectively...We tested the bouba-kiki effect in baby chickens. Similar to humans, they spontaneously chose a spiky shape when hearing a kiki sound & a round shape when hearing a bouba.”😲🧪
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You're in for a treat! Also see this one: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26158991/ By funny happenstance he is also my academic grandfather neurotree.org/beta/tree.ph...
And of course this gem: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26151800/. (I spent 2 years in the same building as Paul Rozin and never talked to him 😕)
Somebody should! ;) Do you know what I mean though? There's this balkanization in music cognition (kinda like people who study reading). If an alien wanted to understand what ppl do by looking at published work in psych/cog sci they'd be shocked to learn that we do this whole music thing too.
I have no way of knowing if this is a fair assessment, but it sure does seem to track..
thats Just sad man…
Yep. To me, this conclusion is "well, yes, obviously", but it seems that lots of people assume differently *even though some reflection would reveal that they have no expectation that human intelligence generalizes in a qualitatively stronger way*
Not taking the bait ;) but... "People have learned to generalize which is why we immerse them in 16+ years of instruction in all manner of possible problems" (after which: youtube.com/watch?v=JXb7Oq13pjQ
@mehr.nz as a non-musician appreciator of music, I often have the thought that cognitive scientists should be more astonished of how insanely good we (humans) are at making music. But maybe b/c lots of ppl have some musical literacy, the sentiment is "well duh." And I want to scream no, seriously!
What *should* it look like though if perception *were* being penetrated by your knowledge that Kermit's just a puppet? ;)
happy to share thoughts/make suggestions if you want more feedback !
Yes it’s not just neuroscience! Scientific coding is gonna get a whole lot better and more usable (because let’s face it, the status quo is pretty pitiful)
I only get these news third-hand. We’re gonna have software on the moon or something?
would love to hear your thoughts!