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1/ Today in Science, we train a neural net from scratch through the eyes and ears of one child. The model learns to map words to visual referents, showing how grounded language learning from just one child's perspective is possible with today's AI tools. science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

🚨 Vacancy Aarhus University : Associate or Full Professor of Cognitive Science and/or Computational Linguistics international.au.dk/about/profile/… (Please RT for wider reach 🙏)

Iris van Rooij 💭 ...

My colleagues and I have two NSF-funded postdocs openings. They're at the intersections of computational social science, governance, social networks, and open source software: recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF06297 careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-us/… Kindly spread the word.

New paper from my group: "Using Counterfactual Tasks to Evaluate the Generality of Analogical Reasoning in Large Language Models" arxiv.org/abs/2402.08955 Thread below 🧵 (1/6)

📢Come work with me! Open PhD position in Radboud AI at Donders Institute on novel MCMC algorithm development and formal analysis using synchronized stochasticity: ru.nl/node/67533 1/9

🚨 Vacancy for Lecturer in Cognitive Science and AI at Radboud University Radboud AI. Deadline for application: 28 April (Please RT 🔃 for wider reach 🙏) ru.nl/en/working-at/… 1/n

The ideal sleep time of 7-8 hours was based on studies conducted on men. It wasn’t discovered until recently that women produce almost all of their hormones while sleeping, unlike men who also produce hormones while awake. For women that process takes 9-10 hours.

So so excited for this!! <3 A lot of ground covered! :)

✨We are organising an online workshop on Theoretical Modeling at Radboud University Donders Institute for PhD candidates and Master students in cognitive science and psychology. Check out the website and the schedule: …mputationalcognitivescience.github.io/tm-workshop/ Registration is open! (spaces are limited) 🧵1/n

#Workshop at #CogSci2024 Using psychometrics to improve cognitive models–and theory Organisers: Alvin Wei Ming Tan, George Kachergis George Kachergis, and Michael C. Frank Michael C. Frank Check out the detailed program at cognitivesciencesociety.org/program/ to learn more.

"Cooler heads prevail"? Evidence for my* favorite brain-as-computer metaphor: cooling the processor results in superior performance. By country, GDP vs. temp? *(Original theory inspired by Terry Pratchett's Detritus, the genius troll with a cooling helmet.)

Learning Variability Network Exchange (LEVANTE): A global framework for measuring children’s learning variability through collaborative data sharing: psyarxiv.com/namx2 Preprint describing a big new initiative by my lab and many others. Learn more: levante-network.org

Graduating PhDs and postdocs in AI, ML, Cogsci, or related areas: apply to work with me and others on AI models of visual and multimodal reasoning. Two years of funding with possible extension to a third year. Application deadline November 22. santafe.edu/about/jobs/pos…

Do you like building great tools for behavioral measurement? We are seeking a Research Scientist to act as the tasks lead and engineering manager for a large-scale project on developmental data collection with children ages 2-12 called LEVANTE: levante-network.org.

Join me in taking action with Union of Concerned Scientists on global warming, our broken food system, and more: ucsusa.org/action-center?…

The Exponentiating Mathematics (expMath) program BAA has dropped! sam.gov/opp/869c8d7351… Abstracts due May 15. Be sure to register on the submission website well in advance! (A few days ahead!)

We’re hiring two postdocs at UC Davis and Cornell for research on collective intelligence and creativity. This project will use large-scale online experiments to study how groups become smarter and more creative through self-governance. ⅓

New blog post ! What if LLM agents could learn by doing, not just by reading? 🤔 2024 was the year of "agentic AI"—systems that plan, act, and execute complex workflows autonomously. But current agents face critical limitations... 🧵