no code implementations • 25 Jan 2024 • Robert L. West, Spencer Eckler, Brendan Conway-Smith, Nico Turcas, Eilene Tomkins-Flanagan, Mary Alexandria Kelly
This article presents a theoretical framework for adapting the Common Model of Cognition to large generative network models within the field of artificial intelligence.
no code implementations • 14 Oct 2023 • Brendan Conway-Smith, Robert L. West
This paper will explore ways of computationally accounting for the metacognitive threshold -- the minimum amount of stimulus needed for a mental state to be perceived -- and discuss potential cognitive mechanisms by which this threshold can be influenced through metacognitive training and meditation.
no code implementations • 18 May 2023 • Brendan Conway-Smith, Robert L. West
There have been increasing challenges to dual-system descriptions of System-1 and System-2, critiquing them as imprecise and fostering misconceptions.
no code implementations • 16 May 2023 • Brendan Conway-Smith, Robert L. West
Attempts to import dual-system descriptions of System-1 and System-2 into AI have been hindered by a lack of clarity over their distinction.