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.