It’s funny to think (and a useful reminder!) that terms like working memory, processing ability, feedback loops - which we now regularly apply to the mind - are all just another model… but a model based on something we invented!
Yep, this was a new idea to me and I find it fascinating. I’ve also been reading more about the Enlightenment and Hume’s problem of induction. It makes me think that a lot of science is just building models of the natural world that are not “in the world” but in our minds, and based on habit and observation. Models are just how we can make sense of the world around us.
It’s funny to think (and a useful reminder!) that terms like working memory, processing ability, feedback loops - which we now regularly apply to the mind - are all just another model… but a model based on something we invented!
Yep, this was a new idea to me and I find it fascinating. I’ve also been reading more about the Enlightenment and Hume’s problem of induction. It makes me think that a lot of science is just building models of the natural world that are not “in the world” but in our minds, and based on habit and observation. Models are just how we can make sense of the world around us.
and as the saying goes: all models are wrong, some are useful!
A great beginning to thinking about the AI revolution/possibilities and how we interact.
Thanks, George. Indeed. This post shares some of the seminal work that enabled AI to develop.