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…5 min read·Aug 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…5 min read·Aug 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…5 min read·Sep 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…5 min read·Aug 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…9 min read·Aug 20, 2022----
Derek LarsonHow far has the apple fallen?(This is my second article on cognition, which started here)3 min read·Dec 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…7 min read·Dec 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…4 min read·Dec 12, 2020----
Derek LarsonMonty Hall — IlluminatedPerhaps the most famous probability problem in popular culture, the Monty Hall problem is as follows (from Wikipedia):3 min read·Nov 3, 2020----