Derek LarsonPositioning Mechanistic InterpretabilityThe field of artificial intelligence continues to debate its path forward, with a wide spectrum of takes including Yann LeCun’s “nothing to…Aug 27, 2023Aug 27, 2023
Derek LarsonArtificial Selection in AI DevelopmentThis was a quick post inspired by this tweet. It’s rough and I hope to polish it up as I read more relevant research and think through the…Aug 17, 2023Aug 17, 2023
Derek LarsonMethodology of an AGI Journey(This is the Mindset article of a 3-part series covering “Landscape, Direction, and Mindset” in artificial intelligence. Here, I talk about…Sep 3, 2022Sep 3, 2022
Derek LarsonCharting a Course for AGI(This is the Direction article of a 3-part series covering “Landscape, Direction, and Mindset” in artificial intelligence. Here, I talk…Aug 26, 2022Aug 26, 2022
Derek LarsonEvolution in Neural Structure in AI(This is the Landscape article of a 3-part series covering “Landscape, Direction, and Mindset” in artificial intelligence. Here, I talk…Aug 20, 2022Aug 20, 2022
Derek LarsonHow far has the apple fallen?(This is my second article on cognition, which started here)Dec 28, 2020Dec 28, 2020
Derek LarsonDefrosting our Views on IntelligenceI imagine human academic disciplines as taking on some state of matter, from a tangled soup to a monolithic crystalline structure. The…Dec 12, 2020Dec 12, 2020
Derek LarsonIntelligence as Structure<Intro is shitty, just a placeholder by and large>Why do we think humans are special amongst animals? Why do some animals show certain…Dec 12, 2020Dec 12, 2020
Derek LarsonMonty Hall — IlluminatedPerhaps the most famous probability problem in popular culture, the Monty Hall problem is as follows (from Wikipedia):Nov 3, 2020Nov 3, 2020