Kevin Simler

aside: this is a perfect opportunity to plug @s_r_constantin’s great post about GPT: "humans who are not concentrating are not general intelligences"

it was a great article! this in particular… 🔥

Oh yeah, I read that book, must’ve picked up some of it from there. I also remember a good @meaningness post on the topic:

If you haven't already, I highly recommend checking it out.

Harry Stevens at The Washington Post recently published a very elegant simulation of how a disease like COVID-19 spreads. If you haven't already, I highly recommend checking it out.

Along the same lines, I like this quote: "Surprise is the measure of a poor hypothesis."

In the blogs category, I've added three new ones to my must-read list.

In the blogs category, I've added three new ones to my must-read list.

The paper is pretty important for understanding what's 'normal' for a human creature, once you account for the full cultural and cognitive diversity of our species.

In the blogs category, I've added three new ones to my must-read list.

Refactoring The tagline for the excellent blog Ribbonfarm is "Experiments in refactored perception."

In a recent paper (and also a great TED talk), Amy Cuddy et al.