Alison Gopnik

Cognitive scientist, philosopher, and psychologist at Berkeley, author of The Scientist in the Crib, The Philosophical Baby and The Gardener and the Carpenter and grandmother of six.

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So pleased that our paper on empowerment and causal models is out and freely available as part of this impressive special issue on world models and AI, with Melanie Mitchell, Josh Tenenbaum, Tom Griffiths and many other stars. royalsocietypublishing.org/rsta/article...

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Here is the specific link to our paper with Eunice Yiu, Shiry Ginosar and Kelsey Allen, how to construct causal models through intrinsically motivated action, something kids do and LLMs don't. The whole issue on world models is very much worth reading. royalsocietypublishing.o…

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One of the best podcasts I've ever done. Really deep smart conversation with Chris Hayes - why there's no such thing as general intelligence, AI's as cultural technologies not people, what kids can tell us about AI, and what we can do about it all. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQWD...

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