The B2B Podcast Index
Index
All categories
MarketingSalesSaaSFinanceHROpsLeadershipCustomer SuccessAI & DataProductStartups & FoundersRevOpsEngineering & DevTools
MethodologySubmit
Best of:MarketingSalesSaaSFinanceHROpsLeadershipCustomer SuccessAI & DataProductStartups & FoundersRevOpsEngineering & DevTools
An independent project byFame
SearchBest episodesGuestsInsightsMethodologySubmit a podcast
Index/Making Data Simple
Making Data Simple artwork

The Hidden Laws Behind Every Decision You Make - with Princeton's Tom Griffiths and his new book, The Laws of Thought

Making Data Simple · 2026-02-25 · 44 min

0:00--:--

Topics in this episode

artificialintelligenceAGINeuralNetworksTheLawsOfThoughtCognitiveScience

Episode notes

Send us Fan Mail Tom Griffiths, Henry R. Luce Professor at Princeton University, joins the show to explore the surprising science behind how we actually think. His new book, The Laws of Thought , bridges computational cognitive science and AI - challenging assumptions about decision-making, neural networks, and the path to artificial general intelligence. Show Notes Timestamps 01:21 - Meet Tom Griffiths 05:27 - Tom's Book 06:58 - A Neural Network 09:55 - AGI? 19:10 - Writing the Book 20:45 - The Laws of Thought 27:24 - The Neural Network Surprise 31:33 - Learning from Experts 35:19 - Decision Making vs. Probability 42:36 - Government AI Considerations Links LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/tom-griffiths-7b31a0364 Book: The Laws of Thought - Macmillan #TheLawsOfThought, #CognitiveScience, #ArtificialIntelligence, #AGI, #NeuralNetworks, #DecisionMaking, #Probability, #AIResearch, #Princeton, #TechPodcast, #MakingDataSimple, #AIGovernment, #MachineLearning Want to be featured as a guest on Making Data Simple? Reach out to us at almartintalksdata@gmail.com and tell us why you should be next.

Related episodes across the Index

Other episodes covering the same guests and topics, from across The B2B Podcast Index.

  • S2. Ep8 - We Built an AI That Teaches Itself - In Under 24 HoursAI Automations for Business · on AGI
  • Dave Learns AI: Meet Your Manus Agent - The Autonomous AI That Actually Does ThingsDave Learns AI: A Taptico Solutions Production · on artificialintelligence
  • How AGI will change Everything, EverywhereThe Enterprise AI Show · on AGI
  • Jeff Burningham: From Real Estate Tycoon to VC, Startups, Becoming Wise in the Age of AIStartup Ignition Podcast · on artificialintelligence
  • Ep 42: MSSPs, Healthcare, and the Cybersecurity Language RenaissanceThe Threat Show · on artificialintelligence
  • How AI is Changing the Email Ecosystem: The Risks, Benefits, and ImplicationsEmail After Hours: The Podcast for Email Senders · on artificialintelligence

More from Making Data Simple

All episodes →
  • Where's the Smart Money Going in AI? Rob May, Co-Founder & CEO of NeuroMetric AI, on Inference, ROI, and the Bets That Matter91 / 100
  • Is RAG Dead? The Pioneer Who Invented AI's Memory Layer Answers - with Douwe Kiela, Co-Founder, Contextual AI {ICYMI}86 / 100
  • ⚡In case you missed it....Surviving the AI Data Flood - Ajay Kulkarni, CEO of TigerData, on Time-Series, IoT, and What's Next
  • When AI Stops Waiting for Instructions - Matt Glickman, Co-Founder and CEO of Genesis Computing, on Autonomous Agents
  • Dave Trier, CEO of ModelOp, explores the rapidly evolving world of AI in navigating safely deploying AI and navigating critical governance challenges
All Making Data Simple episodes →