The Origami Brain and Cognitive Depth

Are you ready to have your mind blown? The parallels between Transformer models (i.e., GPT-3)…

The False Equivalence of Categorization as Thought

Diffusion Models Are Like Episodic Memories

Before humans invented computers, memory was already a metaphor. Memory is a process…

A.I. for Thinking Harder and not Thinking Easier

The Quaternion Process Theory of Human Cognition

How the Misuse of Symbols Lead to the Paradoxes of Consciousness and Free Will

The Futile Quest for Autonomous Intelligence

Richard Sutton (of “The Bitter Lesson” fame) has a five to ten year plan for AI…

The Now or Never Nature of Human Thinking

In my humble and somewhat comedic opinion, human cognition is a strange and wondrous…

How Time Travel Boostrapping Accelerates AGI Development

Crossing the Rubicon with AI Weapons

Growing up, I was always fascinated with the problem of how NATO forces could win against…