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

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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.

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