One paper I thought a lot while writing was this by @irisvanrooij.bsky.social et al (linked in my piece; I recommend). There's a role for AI for "assessing whether something is computationally possible or not, in principle and in practice." link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Who's Who of AI
Nicole Rust
Mood & Memory researcher with a computational bent. https://www.nicolecrust.com. Science advocate. Prof (UPenn Psych) - on leave as a Simons Pivot Fellow. Author: Elusive Cures. https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691243054/elusive-cures
What they're sharing
Reclaiming AI as a Theoretical Tool for Cognitive Science - Computational Brain & Behavior link.springer.com
What can AI teach us about ‘emotions’? thetransmitter.org
Articles & links
My new @thetransmitter.bsky.social piece. Does Claude AI have emotions? *No*. Does Claude have nontrivial emotion-equivalents? *Yes*. Like your "memory" vs your laptop's; similar but not the same. Here, I unpack why that's interesting. www.thetransmitter.org/emotion/what...
Their own posts
Recent commentary
You know when you’re at a conference and you can just feel the entire room get increasingly excited as a talk moves along? @honglab.bsky.social just gave on of those. WOW! The neuroscience of prosocial behavior: from helping and cooperation to social AI
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