RSam Podcast Paul Thagard on AI, Free Energy Principle, and the Cognitive Science of Misinformation
Prof. Paul Thagard is a philosopher and cognitive scientist. He is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Waterloo and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, the Cognitive Science Society, and the Association for Psychological Science. He's authored myriad interdisciplinary books, including a treatise on Mind and Society, and recently published his new book, Falsehoods Fly: Why Misinformation Spreads and How to Stop It. In this episode, we discuss AI, neural networks, ChatGPT and LLMs, Karl Friston's free energy principle, explanatory coherence, philosophy of science and mitigating misinformation. You can find more of Prof. Thagard's work at https://paulthagard.com/
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RSam Podcast #35
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https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/hot-thought/202401/how-to-stop-misinformation
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