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Benjamin Keep, Ph.D.
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Does AI mimic humans? Or do we mimic AI?

Imagine that, in the not-too-distant future, machine learning algorithms spit out movies instead of text or fanciful paintings. What is a movie, but a series of images? The training data is a subset of all the movies ever created, labeled with ratings from the target audience. An algorithm like that…

Art

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Does AI mimic humans? Or do we mimic AI?
Does AI mimic humans? Or do we mimic AI?
Art

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What Flat Earthers Can Teach Us About How Science Works

If you didn’t know, there is a growing community of “flat earthers” who believe: 1) that we all live on a flat land mass (not a spinning globe traveling around the sun), and 2) that governments and scientific organizations have conspired to hide this fact. They have their own conferences…

Flat Earth

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What Flat Earthers Can Teach Us About How Science Works
What Flat Earthers Can Teach Us About How Science Works
Flat Earth

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The RCT Fetish

A curious thing happened in 2016. The federal government quietly removed its recommendation to Americans to floss in that year’s dietary recommendations. The move was prompted by an article finding little to no evidence in favor of flossing in the Associated Press. No good randomized controlled trials (RCTs) supported flossing…

Randomized Control Trials

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The RCT Fetish
The RCT Fetish
Randomized Control Trials

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Age of Awareness

·Sep 14, 2022

Summarizing Yourself Into Stupidity

About two years ago, someone contacted me to help them build a platform for summarizing books. Instead of, say, spending 5–6 hours reading a book, users of this platform could listen to a fifteen-minute summary on their morning walk. Or knock off a couple of books while they’re at the…

Learning

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Cliffs Notes On Crack
Cliffs Notes On Crack
Learning

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Jul 10, 2022

Great discourse on the epistemological weakness of RCTs.
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Thane Blinman

Many thanks for the insightful comment!

Many thanks for the insightful comment! I think the standard response to your first point would be that it doesn't really matter in the case of masks. The purpose of widespread masking is (er... …

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Age of Awareness

·Jun 23, 2022

AI doesn’t work like our brains. That’s the problem.

It’s odd to try to create artificial intelligence without taking inspiration from the only existing natural intelligences we have: humans and animals. Yet that is the current direction of AI research. Although “deep learning” is often described in the media as similar to “the way human brains work,” nothing could…

Artificial Intelligence

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AI doesn’t work like our brains. That’s the problem.
AI doesn’t work like our brains. That’s the problem.
Artificial Intelligence

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·Aug 18, 2021

The Power of Worked Examples for Learning

Cooking shows. How-to videos. Dance choreography. Test-prep books. Math classes. All of these things share one key attribute: worked examples. What it is.

Learning Science

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The Power of Worked Examples for Learning
The Power of Worked Examples for Learning
Learning Science

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Age of Awareness

·Aug 10, 2021

Llama Llama Learns About Science

For several decades, science educators have had a generalized anxiety about what students learn about science. The fear has been that “textbook science” presents students with well-understood scientific concpets, without showing students what scientific inquiry actually looks like. …

Nature Of Scienc

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Llama Llama Learns About Science
Llama Llama Learns About Science
Nature Of Scienc

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Apr 6, 2020

An alternative history of coronavirus in the U.S.

About a month and a half ago, a friend in Oregon texted me about the coronavirus. I live in Taiwan. “How bad is it?” She asked. “It’s not a big deal,” I answered. “We’ve got about 30 cases. Masks were sold out at pharmacies for a while, but then the…

Coronavirus

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An alternative history of coronavirus in the U.S.
An alternative history of coronavirus in the U.S.
Coronavirus

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Age of Awareness

·Mar 30, 2020

Learning Science Gets Real

Well here we are. COVID-19 is now ravaging the U.S. Thousands of people have died. Many thousands more will die. Several state healthcare systems are already stretched to their limit. And the powers that be are still reluctant to shift towards more production of needed equipment. …

Learning

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Learning Science Gets Real
Learning Science Gets Real
Learning

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Benjamin Keep, Ph.D.

Benjamin Keep, Ph.D.

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Researcher and writer interested in science, learning, and technology. www.benjaminkeep.com

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