Claire Stevenson
@claires012345.bsky.social
cognitive AI and psych methods research @uva. cogdev, (artificial general) intelligence, (artificial) creativity.
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@rohanpaul_ai https://x.com/rohanpaul_ai/status/1897730212164780132 #x-rohanpaul_ai
LLMs struggle with abstract concepts despite strong performance on verbal analogies.
This is because their internal representations are not truly conceptual. This paper introduces Concept Vectors (CV...
LLMs struggle with abstract concepts despite strong performance on verbal analogies.
This is because their internal representations are not truly conceptual. This paper introduces Concept Vectors (CV...
March 6, 2025 at 7:45 PM
@rohanpaul_ai https://x.com/rohanpaul_ai/status/1897730212164780132 #x-rohanpaul_ai
LLMs struggle with abstract concepts despite strong performance on verbal analogies.
This is because their internal representations are not truly conceptual. This paper introduces Concept Vectors (CV...
LLMs struggle with abstract concepts despite strong performance on verbal analogies.
This is because their internal representations are not truly conceptual. This paper introduces Concept Vectors (CV...
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Key-value memory is an important concept in modern machine learning (e.g., transformers). Ila Fiete, Kazuki Irie, and I have written a paper showing how key-value memory provides a way of thinking about memory organization in the brain:
arxiv.org/abs/2501.02950
arxiv.org/abs/2501.02950
Key-value memory in the brain
Classical models of memory in psychology and neuroscience rely on similarity-based retrieval of stored patterns, where similarity is a function of retrieval cues and the stored patterns. While parsimo...
arxiv.org
January 7, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Key-value memory is an important concept in modern machine learning (e.g., transformers). Ila Fiete, Kazuki Irie, and I have written a paper showing how key-value memory provides a way of thinking about memory organization in the brain:
arxiv.org/abs/2501.02950
arxiv.org/abs/2501.02950
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Excited to announce that I'll be starting a lab at the University of Montreal (psychology) and Mila (Montreal Institute of Learning Algorithms) starting summer 2025. More info to come soon, but I'll be recruiting at the Masters and PhD levels. Please share / get in touch if you're interested!
November 19, 2024 at 4:51 PM
Excited to announce that I'll be starting a lab at the University of Montreal (psychology) and Mila (Montreal Institute of Learning Algorithms) starting summer 2025. More info to come soon, but I'll be recruiting at the Masters and PhD levels. Please share / get in touch if you're interested!
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New paper from Martha Lewis and me:
"Evaluating the Robustness of Analogical Reasoning in Large Language Models"
Preprint:
arxiv.org/pdf/2411.14215
This is a much-extended follow-up on our earlier pre-print on "counterfactual tasks" in letter-string analogies.
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"Evaluating the Robustness of Analogical Reasoning in Large Language Models"
Preprint:
arxiv.org/pdf/2411.14215
This is a much-extended follow-up on our earlier pre-print on "counterfactual tasks" in letter-string analogies.
🧵
arxiv.org
November 22, 2024 at 2:32 PM
New paper from Martha Lewis and me:
"Evaluating the Robustness of Analogical Reasoning in Large Language Models"
Preprint:
arxiv.org/pdf/2411.14215
This is a much-extended follow-up on our earlier pre-print on "counterfactual tasks" in letter-string analogies.
🧵
"Evaluating the Robustness of Analogical Reasoning in Large Language Models"
Preprint:
arxiv.org/pdf/2411.14215
This is a much-extended follow-up on our earlier pre-print on "counterfactual tasks" in letter-string analogies.
🧵
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Sixth (and last) episode of our "Nature of Intelligence" podcast is out!
This time I'm in the hot seat -- Abha interviews me about "AI's changing seasons" and lots of other AI-related stuff.
www.santafe.edu/culture/podc...
This time I'm in the hot seat -- Abha interviews me about "AI's changing seasons" and lots of other AI-related stuff.
www.santafe.edu/culture/podc...
sfiscience
www.santafe.edu
December 4, 2024 at 10:07 PM
Sixth (and last) episode of our "Nature of Intelligence" podcast is out!
This time I'm in the hot seat -- Abha interviews me about "AI's changing seasons" and lots of other AI-related stuff.
www.santafe.edu/culture/podc...
This time I'm in the hot seat -- Abha interviews me about "AI's changing seasons" and lots of other AI-related stuff.
www.santafe.edu/culture/podc...
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Excellent post discussing whether "AI progress is slowing down".
www.aisnakeoil.com/p/is-ai-prog...
And if you're not subscribed to @randomwalker.bsky.social and @sayash.bsky.social 's great newsletter, what are you waiting for?
www.aisnakeoil.com/p/is-ai-prog...
And if you're not subscribed to @randomwalker.bsky.social and @sayash.bsky.social 's great newsletter, what are you waiting for?
Is AI progress slowing down?
Making sense of recent technology trends and claims
www.aisnakeoil.com
December 19, 2024 at 11:57 PM
Excellent post discussing whether "AI progress is slowing down".
www.aisnakeoil.com/p/is-ai-prog...
And if you're not subscribed to @randomwalker.bsky.social and @sayash.bsky.social 's great newsletter, what are you waiting for?
www.aisnakeoil.com/p/is-ai-prog...
And if you're not subscribed to @randomwalker.bsky.social and @sayash.bsky.social 's great newsletter, what are you waiting for?
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Of course it's not just brute-force compute -- it's massive "heuristic search". Still defeats original purpose IMO.
December 20, 2024 at 8:50 PM
Of course it's not just brute-force compute -- it's massive "heuristic search". Still defeats original purpose IMO.
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Excellent post about the recent OpenAI o3 results on ARC (& other benchmarks). I don't know how @natolambert.bsky.social manages to write these so quickly! I highly recommend his newsletter.
www.interconnects.ai/p/openais-o3...
I am (more slowly) writing my own take on all this, coming soon.
www.interconnects.ai/p/openais-o3...
I am (more slowly) writing my own take on all this, coming soon.
o3: The grand finale of AI in 2024
A step change as influential as the release of GPT-4. Reasoning language models are the current big thing.
www.interconnects.ai
December 21, 2024 at 7:52 PM
Excellent post about the recent OpenAI o3 results on ARC (& other benchmarks). I don't know how @natolambert.bsky.social manages to write these so quickly! I highly recommend his newsletter.
www.interconnects.ai/p/openais-o3...
I am (more slowly) writing my own take on all this, coming soon.
www.interconnects.ai/p/openais-o3...
I am (more slowly) writing my own take on all this, coming soon.
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The Society for the Neuroscience of Creativity (@tsfnc.bsky.social) has a starter pack of folks doing creativity research. We're trying to build the creativity research community here. Please follow and let us know if you'd like to be added.
SfNC Starter Pack
Join the conversation
go.bsky.app
December 29, 2024 at 2:45 PM
The Society for the Neuroscience of Creativity (@tsfnc.bsky.social) has a starter pack of folks doing creativity research. We're trying to build the creativity research community here. Please follow and let us know if you'd like to be added.
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Speaking of Paris... Our abstract submissions are now open! SfNC members are welcome to submit for our May 2025 conference on our new member website: www.tsfnc.org/sfnc2025-cre...
December 5, 2024 at 5:52 PM
Speaking of Paris... Our abstract submissions are now open! SfNC members are welcome to submit for our May 2025 conference on our new member website: www.tsfnc.org/sfnc2025-cre...
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We are also accepting nominations for our 2025 awards! Find out more here: www.tsfnc.org/sfnc-awards
December 5, 2024 at 5:54 PM
We are also accepting nominations for our 2025 awards! Find out more here: www.tsfnc.org/sfnc-awards
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Interesting paper by @jaanaru.bsky.social on human vs AI creativity. Argues while both can produce similar creative products, the internal processes are very different - from neural architecture to the role of conscious experience.
Artificial intelligence and the internal processes of creativity
Artificial intelligence (AI) systems capable of generating creative outputs are reshaping our understanding of creativity. This shift presents an opportunity for creativity researchers to reevaluate t...
arxiv.org
December 6, 2024 at 3:40 PM
Interesting paper by @jaanaru.bsky.social on human vs AI creativity. Argues while both can produce similar creative products, the internal processes are very different - from neural architecture to the role of conscious experience.
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How does AI impact our sense of agency in the creative process? This paper suggests a few key factors: whether AI competes or complements human abilities, how effective we perceive AI to be, and whether the stakes are high or low; AI literacy may moderate these effects.
AI’s Influence on Human Creative Agency
Emerging Artificial Intelligence (AI) capabilities are redefining roles traditionally assigned to humans or tools in numerous tasks, and thereby creating tensions in professions ranging from educat...
www.tandfonline.com
December 7, 2024 at 10:37 AM
How does AI impact our sense of agency in the creative process? This paper suggests a few key factors: whether AI competes or complements human abilities, how effective we perceive AI to be, and whether the stakes are high or low; AI literacy may moderate these effects.
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A comprehensive review of research on creativity in AI---from artistic creation to scientific discovery---grounded in creativity theories.
Creativity in AI: Progresses and Challenges
Creativity is the ability to produce novel, useful, and surprising ideas, and has been widely studied as a crucial aspect of human cognition. Machine creativity on the other hand has been a long-stand...
arxiv.org
December 10, 2024 at 5:03 PM
A comprehensive review of research on creativity in AI---from artistic creation to scientific discovery---grounded in creativity theories.
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Who is more creative: two humans, or a human and an AI? This study finds human teams generate better ideas than human-AI pairs, pointing to benefits of human collaboration over AI co-creativity.
“Who” Is the Best Creative Thinking Partner? An Experimental Investigation of Human–Human, Human–Internet, and Human–AI Co‐Creation
Recent research suggests that working with generative artificial intelligence (AI), such as ChatGPT, can produce more creative outcomes than humans alone. However, does AI retain its creative edge wh...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 20, 2024 at 3:05 PM
Who is more creative: two humans, or a human and an AI? This study finds human teams generate better ideas than human-AI pairs, pointing to benefits of human collaboration over AI co-creativity.
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New content: Ionescu, T., Goldstone, R. L., Rogobete, D., & Taranu, M. (2024). Is Cognitive Flexibility Equivalent to Shifting? Investigating Cognitive Flexibility in Multiple Domains. Journal of Cognition, 7(1): 73, pp. 1–21. DOI: doi.org/10.5334/joc.... #psychscisky
Is Cognitive Flexibility Equivalent to Shifting? Investigating Cognitive Flexibility in Multiple Domains | Journal of Cognition
The Journal of Cognition, the official journal of the European Society for Cognitive Psychology, publishes reviews, empirical articles (including registered reports), data reports, stimulus developmen...
doi.org
December 19, 2024 at 8:36 AM
New content: Ionescu, T., Goldstone, R. L., Rogobete, D., & Taranu, M. (2024). Is Cognitive Flexibility Equivalent to Shifting? Investigating Cognitive Flexibility in Multiple Domains. Journal of Cognition, 7(1): 73, pp. 1–21. DOI: doi.org/10.5334/joc.... #psychscisky
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We have an opening for a PhD on creating simulation models guiding the selection of treatments for mental disorders at the University of Amsterdam with the NSMD consortium:
www.academictransfer.com/en/347555/ph...
www.academictransfer.com/en/347555/ph...
PhD Position: Simulation Tool to Compare Outcomes of Treatments in Psychopathology
We are looking for a PhD candidate to join our research project entitled “Simulation tool to compare outcomes of treatments in psychopathology”. The project is part of the Gravitation grant “New Scien...
www.academictransfer.com
December 9, 2024 at 2:15 PM
We have an opening for a PhD on creating simulation models guiding the selection of treatments for mental disorders at the University of Amsterdam with the NSMD consortium:
www.academictransfer.com/en/347555/ph...
www.academictransfer.com/en/347555/ph...
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This new format will supplement the existing 2 page submission track: Long papers are submitted earlier to accommodate proper reviews. Papers that are rejected but are within scope can transfer to the 2 page track. Of course authors can also just submit a 2 page paper directly.
November 12, 2024 at 9:27 AM
This new format will supplement the existing 2 page submission track: Long papers are submitted earlier to accommodate proper reviews. Papers that are rejected but are within scope can transfer to the 2 page track. Of course authors can also just submit a 2 page paper directly.
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After a great conference in Boston, CCN is going to take place in Amsterdam in 2025! To help the exchange of ideas between #neuroscience, cognitive science, and #AI, CCN will for the first time have full length paper submissions (alongside the established 2 pagers)! Info below👇
#NeuroAI #CompNeuro
#NeuroAI #CompNeuro
November 12, 2024 at 9:27 AM
After a great conference in Boston, CCN is going to take place in Amsterdam in 2025! To help the exchange of ideas between #neuroscience, cognitive science, and #AI, CCN will for the first time have full length paper submissions (alongside the established 2 pagers)! Info below👇
#NeuroAI #CompNeuro
#NeuroAI #CompNeuro
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Announcing the launch of the Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science: oecs.mit.edu! OECS is a freely-available, growing collection of peer-reviewed articles introducing key topics in cogsci to a broad audience of students and scholars.
Open Encylopedia of Cognitive Science
oecs.mit.edu
July 24, 2024 at 8:19 PM
Announcing the launch of the Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science: oecs.mit.edu! OECS is a freely-available, growing collection of peer-reviewed articles introducing key topics in cogsci to a broad audience of students and scholars.
Postdoc Job Alert: Help us study children's cognitive development to improve AI reasoning. vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/Post...
February 4, 2024 at 10:27 AM
Postdoc Job Alert: Help us study children's cognitive development to improve AI reasoning. vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/Post...
Do large language models solve verbal analogies like children do? Yes, they (kind of) do! arxiv.org/abs/2310.20384
November 1, 2023 at 7:15 PM
Do large language models solve verbal analogies like children do? Yes, they (kind of) do! arxiv.org/abs/2310.20384