Kevin Ellis

Professor at Cornell University, specializing in artificial intelligence and cognitive science. Focuses on enabling machines to learn abstract knowledge from few examples.

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Apr 8, 2025 • 1h 17min

How Machines Learn to Ignore the Noise (Kevin Ellis + Zenna Tavares)

Prof. Kevin Ellis, an AI and cognitive science expert at Cornell University, and Dr. Zenna Tavares, co-founder of BASIS, explore how AI can learn like humans. They discuss how machines can generate knowledge from minimal data through exploration and experimentation. The duo highlights the importance of compositionality, building complex ideas from simple ones, and the need for AI to grasp abstraction without getting lost in details. By blending different learning methods, they envision smarter AI that can tackle real-world challenges more intuitively.

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