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Kahneman and Psychology for AI
‘Thinking, Fast and Slow’ means what?
On my recent book tour in the US and Europe, we focused on university audiences because experts in computer science, AI and the other cognitive sciences will benefit from a better understanding of how a brain works. Better models should lead to better engineering.
While my latest book is written for a general audience, the main ideas can benefit scientists, doctors and engineers because brain science has useful ideas to share in those fields. Especially when compared to the popular brain model that claims the brain is a kind of computer.
One of the popular questions I received on the tour was: “How does Patom theory explain fast and slow thinking?”
AI needs Psychology
I often say that AI needs to learn from the cognitive sciences, such as from psychology. The Kahneman book, “Thinking, Fast and Slow,” develops the thesis that there are two systems in our brain, a several-decades long model from psychology in which our brain’s automatic, quick and effortless system is known as System 1; and our effortful mental activities come from System 2.
As a cognitive scientist, this represents scientific observation to support a model. It is probably correct to follow as there are many lessons to learn…
