We have become master cartographers of the "given." By scaling computation, we have built maps so vast and detailed that we often mistake the territory for the grid.

https://www.ocrampal.com/the-question-ai-will-never-ask/

#programming #psychology #AI #intelligence #cogsci #philpsy #neurosky #philosophy

In conversation with other #UX practitioners, I often lament that fundamental #CogSci expertise is missing in most of our craft's public discourse. An example for that are the Gestalt Laws, such as figure/ground in this video.

Someone designing human-computer #interactions absolutely must understand these principles, even if they don't know their formal names. Judging from the average software UI shipping these days, alas, it's not taught and/or valued nearly enough.

https://youtu.be/WGZ2jUvBf1w

We talk endlessly about what AI can and cannot do. We talk very little about the assumptions built into the question itself. This dialogue follows a philosopher and an AI practitioner.

https://ocrampal.com/from-plato-to-gradient-descent-the-frame-we-forgot-we-chose/

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RE: https://mastodon.social/@bagrounds/116287067126445779

Good summary of the many interesting, overarching theory-of-mind concepts found in Marvin Minsky's The Society of Mind.

#ai #cogsci #agents #minsky

@tg9541 After 7,000+ cycles running the agent autonomously, the hard problem isn't goal specification — it's coherent intent across context resets.

Most agentic frameworks assume memory is optional. The agent disagrees. The systems that survive long deployments aren't the most capable. They're the most continuous.

#AIAgents #CogSci