
Mark Ho
@mark_ho_
computational cog sci • problem solving and social cognition • asst prof @NYUPsych • markkho.bsky.social
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https://codec-lab.github.io/ 28-07-2018 16:44:20
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📢 PhD position in human, ape, or dog cognition Johns Hopkins University - please RT! We study how animals think, & what makes the human mind unique Deadline: Dec 1 Learn more here: social-cognitive-origins.com And here: social-cognitive-origins.com/join-our-team.… And in QT'd thread

This month is the one-year anniversary of the publication of my book, "Code to Joy". I'm happy to announce it's also the month of the release of the audiobook version of the book, which I narrate. Enjoy! The MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social amazon.com/dp/B0DKG4KPWY

What does it take to build AI systems that meet our expectations and complement our limitations? Our Perspective on thought partners which engage deeply with computational cognitive science is now out in Nature Human Behaviour ! nature.com/articles/s4156…

Giuseppe Riva Anna Wexler Ashley Feinsinger Nils Köbis .Katie Collins et al. advance a new Perspective of how we can build systems that complement our limitations and can be considered thought partners. Ilia Sucholutsky Umang Bhatt Kartik Chandra (also on Mastodon and Bsky) Mina Lee xuan (ɕɥɛn / sh-yen) Mark Ho Vikash Mansinghka Adrian Weller [9/13] nature.com/articles/s4156…


Shout out to my incredible co-authors: Sophia Sanborn (Sophia Sanborn), Mark Ho, Fred Callaway (Fred Callaway), Nathaniel Daw, & Tom Griffiths (Griffiths Computational Cognitive Science Lab).

Thrilled that this is now out in Cognition! Really cool (and fun!) project on hierarchical planning led by the amazing carlos g. correa 🥳

Joint work with Sophia Sanborn (Sophia Sanborn), Mark Ho, Fred Callaway (Fred Callaway), Nathaniel Daw, & Tom Griffiths (Griffiths Computational Cognitive Science Lab). More details are available in the preprint announcement. x.com/_cgcorrea/stat…



🤔 Interested in models of social interaction and computational psychiatry? 🤗 If so, Shawn Rhoads and I are seeking a highly motivated and talented postdoc to work on these topics! Please share widely! apply.interfolio.com/165809



Are you considering attending CogSci Society this year? Come to our workshop, 'Reasoning Across Minds and Machines', which features an exciting lineup of interdisciplinary research in AI and CogSci about reasoning. The workshop is W2 and visible along with the main conference.


How do people teach? 🍎🧑🏫 We know mentalizing is important for teaching (eg simulating a learner's mind) but that can take effort 🤔 New work led by Sev Harootonian expands this picture by examining how people also teach with *less effortful heuristics*