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  1. “Keith Wilson, a philosopher of perception and cognitive science at #UCD, ​said the media was committing the cardinal sin of doing ‘PR for the #AI industry’. ‘AI companies have a product to hawk, ‘he wrote on Bluesky. ‘This kind of anthropomorphisation plays directly into their stock value. It’s part of their sales pitch’.” #GenAI #AIHype #philosophy #cogsci reuters.com/technology/artific

  2. “Keith Wilson, a philosopher of perception and cognitive science at #UCD, ​said the media was committing the cardinal sin of doing ‘PR for the #AI industry’. ‘AI companies have a product to hawk, ‘he wrote on Bluesky. ‘This kind of anthropomorphisation plays directly into their stock value. It’s part of their sales pitch’.” #GenAI #AIHype #philosophy #cogsci reuters.com/technology/artific

  3. Applications are invited for a 36-month fixed-term Lecturer/Assistant Professor in #Philosophy and #CognitiveScience, starting 1 Jan 2027. Further details at www.ucd.ie/workatucd/jo... (search for ‘philosophy’, job ref: 019928). Closing date: midday local time, 4 Sep 2026. #PhilSky #PhilJobs #CogSci

  4. Applications are invited for a 36-month fixed-term Lecturer/Assistant Professor in #Philosophy and #CognitiveScience, starting 1 Jan 2027. Further details at www.ucd.ie/workatucd/jo... (search for ‘philosophy’, job ref: 019928). Closing date: midday local time, 4 Sep 2026. #PhilSky #PhilJobs #CogSci

  5. second #cogsci2026 talk for me is Melissa Berthet on efficiency in nonhuman animal communication systems in a symposium on '(In)efficiency in communication and language'

    the bulk of the talk was on attempts to decode the meanings of Titi monkey calls, in particular what call combinations mean

    here an example of that work:

    science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/sc

    #linguistics #philosophy #cogsci

  6. second #cogsci2026 talk for me is Melissa Berthet on efficiency in nonhuman animal communication systems in a symposium on '(In)efficiency in communication and language'

    the bulk of the talk was on attempts to decode the meanings of Titi monkey calls, in particular what call combinations mean

    here an example of that work:

    science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/sc

    #linguistics #philosophy #cogsci

  7. Imagine living in the mid-1700s. A powerful new technology has just swept the intellectual world: Newtonian physics. If we can calculate the orbit of Jupiter, why can't we calculate human morality?

    ocrampal.com/when-david-hume-m

    #programming #AI #intelligence #cogsci #philpsy #neurosky #philosophy

  8. Imagine living in the mid-1700s. A powerful new technology has just swept the intellectual world: Newtonian physics. If we can calculate the orbit of Jupiter, why can't we calculate human morality?

    ocrampal.com/when-david-hume-m

    #programming #AI #intelligence #cogsci #philpsy #neurosky #philosophy

  9. InfiniteDiffusion: Bridging Learned Fidelity and Procedural Utility for Open-World Terrain Generation lobste.rs/s/ncsslp #cogsci #programming
    xandergos.github.io/terrain-di

  10. InfiniteDiffusion: Bridging Learned Fidelity and Procedural Utility for Open-World Terrain Generation lobste.rs/s/ncsslp #cogsci #programming
    xandergos.github.io/terrain-di

  11. InfiniteDiffusion: Bridging Learned Fidelity and Procedural Utility for Open-World Terrain Generation

    fed.brid.gy/r/https://xandergo

  12. Are critical thinking and reflective thinking the same? Nope.

    I've argued that not all reflective thinking is critical: doi.org/10.5840/resphilosophic

    And Nadurak argues that not all critical thinking is reflective (Type 2): doi.org/10.22329/il.v46i2.10342

    #cogSci #PhilMind #epistemology #AI

  13. Are critical thinking and reflective thinking the same? Nope.

    I've argued that not all reflective thinking is critical: doi.org/10.5840/resphilosophic

    And Nadurak argues that not all critical thinking is reflective (Type 2): doi.org/10.22329/il.v46i2.10342

    #cogSci #PhilMind #epistemology #AI

  14. #PhilSky #booksky #cogsci Looks like Keith's got a free thing he wants us to purruse. 3, 2, 1 .... Weheeee, Crete! I <3 Greece

    Space Cat's Zero-G Jump in Str...

  15. #PhilSky #booksky #cogsci Looks like Keith's got a free thing he wants us to purruse. 3, 2, 1 .... Weheeee, Crete! I <3 Greece

    Space Cat's Zero-G Jump in Str...

  16. We are living a grand illusion. As we watch Large Language Models (LLMs) draft essays, write functional code, and converse with poetic nuance, we operate under a quiet, dangerous assumption: that if we just stack enough parameters, compute cycles, and training text high enough, true understanding and intent will eventually spark at the top.

    It won’t.

    ocrampal.com/the-quest-for-an-

    #programming #AI #intelligence #cogsci #philpsy #neurosky #philosophy

  17. We are living a grand illusion. As we watch Large Language Models (LLMs) draft essays, write functional code, and converse with poetic nuance, we operate under a quiet, dangerous assumption: that if we just stack enough parameters, compute cycles, and training text high enough, true understanding and intent will eventually spark at the top.

    It won’t.

    ocrampal.com/the-quest-for-an-

    #programming #AI #intelligence #cogsci #philpsy #neurosky #philosophy

  18. I'm at #Duke to share methods and results from Socratic Reflection experiments to the Advances in Decision Analysis #conference:

    #2026ADA website: conferences.fuqua.duke.edu/202

    Follow the URL below for our results and my posts about other talks or posters I see.

    #cogSci #xPhi #AI

  19. I'm at #Duke to share methods and results from Socratic Reflection experiments to the Advances in Decision Analysis #conference:

    #2026ADA website: conferences.fuqua.duke.edu/202

    Follow the URL below for our results and my posts about other talks or posters I see.

    #cogSci #xPhi #AI

  20. Do students actually learn better from mistakes? A new study suggests: not always. Searching for errors didn't improve learning, but it did increase time and cognitive load. Here's what that means for teaching.
    #education #learning #cogsci #teaching
    theeconomyofmeaning.com/2026/0

  21. Do students actually learn better from mistakes? A new study suggests: not always. Searching for errors didn't improve learning, but it did increase time and cognitive load. Here's what that means for teaching.
    #education #learning #cogsci #teaching
    theeconomyofmeaning.com/2026/0

  22. Can 3-6 year-olds distinguish between reliable vs. unreliable informants?

    A study of 93 #kids found the children were sensitive to source reliability, with limited abilities to generalize across contexts.

    doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2026.10

    #devPsych #cogSci #epistemology #xPhi #parenting

  23. Can 3-6 year-olds distinguish between reliable vs. unreliable informants?

    A study of 93 #kids found the children were sensitive to source reliability, with limited abilities to generalize across contexts.

    doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2026.10

    #devPsych #cogSci #epistemology #xPhi #parenting

  24. Do logical visual aids (such as Venn diagrams) improve argument evaluation?

    Not in this study of 164 English speakers (with "normal or corrected-to-normal vision and no issues seeing color").

    doi.org/10.1111/cgf.70476

    #logic #teaching #edu #visualization #CogSci #learningScience

  25. Do logical visual aids (such as Venn diagrams) improve argument evaluation?

    Not in this study of 164 English speakers (with "normal or corrected-to-normal vision and no issues seeing color").

    doi.org/10.1111/cgf.70476

    #logic #teaching #edu #visualization #CogSci #learningScience

  26. Quite flattered by this generous assessment offered by Enoch Lambert in a recent book chapter: doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-6527 #philosophy #cogsci

  27. Quite flattered by this generous assessment offered by Enoch Lambert in a recent book chapter: doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-6527 #philosophy #cogsci

  28. @coreysnipes thank you.

    I have been at this for a while ...both as a security guy who helped get #swsec and #appsec going 28 years ago and as a student of Doug Hofstader's with a Ph.D. in #cogsci. BIML has been spearheading independent #MLsec since 2019.

  29. @coreysnipes thank you.

    I have been at this for a while ...both as a security guy who helped get #swsec and #appsec going 28 years ago and as a student of Doug Hofstader's with a Ph.D. in #cogsci. BIML has been spearheading independent #MLsec since 2019.

  30. 🧠 New preprint by Lu et al: Recordings from the human #hippocampus and anterior cingulate #cortex during three distinct tasks reveal that #NeuralPopulation activity is not fully task-specific. About half of the low-dimensional #NeuralSubspace structure was shared across tasks, suggesting a stable population geometry that may support flexible #cognition across different #behaviors.

    📝 doi.org/10.64898/2026.04.24.72

    #Neuroscience #NeuralDynamics #cogsci #Behavior

  31. 🧠 New preprint by Lu et al: Recordings from the human #hippocampus and anterior cingulate #cortex during three distinct tasks reveal that #NeuralPopulation activity is not fully task-specific. About half of the low-dimensional #NeuralSubspace structure was shared across tasks, suggesting a stable population geometry that may support flexible #cognition across different #behaviors.

    📝 doi.org/10.64898/2026.04.24.72

    #Neuroscience #NeuralDynamics #cogsci #Behavior

  32. 🧪 Excited to share some really awesome work our team, Brain & AI, just released led by Hubert Banville! Introducing NeuralBench: A Unifying Framework for Benchmarking Neuro AI @[email protected], @[email protected], @[email protected], @[email protected] 🧠📈🧠🤖 #cogsci #neuroai #ai

  33. 🧪 Excited to share some really awesome work our team, Brain & AI, just released led by Hubert Banville! Introducing NeuralBench: A Unifying Framework for Benchmarking Neuro AI @[email protected], @[email protected], @[email protected], @[email protected] 🧠📈🧠🤖 #cogsci #neuroai #ai

  34. ocrampal.com/when-the-question

    Most philosophical debates don't need better answers. They need a different starting point. This dialogue explores a framework in which paradoxes about mind and body and reality stop arising.

    #programming #AI #intelligence #cogsci #philpsy #neurosky #philosophy

  35. ocrampal.com/when-the-question

    Most philosophical debates don't need better answers. They need a different starting point. This dialogue explores a framework in which paradoxes about mind and body and reality stop arising.

    #programming #AI #intelligence #cogsci #philpsy #neurosky #philosophy

  36. Check out some really great work our team, Brain & AI at FAIR, has been working on! Introducing NeuralSet: a fast, simple, and scalable Python framework for Neuro-AI Great thread below! 🧪🧠📈🧠🤖 #cogsci #NeuroAI #neuroscience #ai #opensource #Python

    RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:xjurslfzgpdzsluekji74jyg/post/3mjyxl4chvc2u

  37. Check out some really great work our team, Brain & AI at FAIR, has been working on! Introducing NeuralSet: a fast, simple, and scalable Python framework for Neuro-AI Great thread below! 🧪🧠📈🧠🤖 #cogsci #NeuroAI #neuroscience #ai #opensource #Python

    RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:xjurslfzgpdzsluekji74jyg/post/3mjyxl4chvc2u

  38. Every major intellectual revolution has a Galileo moment: when the object of inquiry becomes clear, the method takes shape, and the formal language is still being forged.

    ocrampal.com/the-galileo-momen

    #programming #psychology #AI #intelligence #cogsci #philpsy #neurosky #philosophy

  39. Every major intellectual revolution has a Galileo moment: when the object of inquiry becomes clear, the method takes shape, and the formal language is still being forged.

    ocrampal.com/the-galileo-momen

    #programming #psychology #AI #intelligence #cogsci #philpsy #neurosky #philosophy

  40. There is an I you feel. Located, bounded, looking out at the world from somewhere behind your eyes. Geneosophy is not interested in that I.

    ocrampal.com/the-ground-beneat

    #programming #psychology #AI #intelligence #cogsci #philpsy #neurosky #philosophy

  41. We have become master cartographers of the "given." By scaling computation, we have built maps so vast and detailed that we often mistake the territory for the grid.

    ocrampal.com/the-question-ai-w

    #programming #psychology #AI #intelligence #cogsci #philpsy #neurosky #philosophy