This conference paper briefly discussed the follies of lower order controls in the context of human performance. Nicely, it took a really empathetic view of people and their limits in perception and attention: it’s not a bug that needs to be blamed or feared, but just a biological feature which needs to be considered. First… Continue reading Residual risk and the psychology of lower order controls
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“I think, therefore I err”: An article about ‘good errors’, heuristics and intelligent systems
“Every intelligent system makes errors”, so said Gerd Gigerenzer. Here’s a couple of page extracts from a 2005 paper. Not sure if I’ll summarise it or not (it’s really interesting, but tough to capture in a summary…) The paper: · Challenges the rationalistic and normative ideal as cognition as purely a logical and rational one, ignoring… Continue reading “I think, therefore I err”: An article about ‘good errors’, heuristics and intelligent systems
Dual-Process Theories of Higher Cognition: type 1 and type 2 preferred over system 1 and system 2
I think it’s fair to say that Kahneman has been central in the general awareness of cognitive processing concepts, like System 1 / System 2. Dual processing concepts (but also tri-processing), have a long history, but also have their critics. Moreover, system 1 / system 2 isn’t currently the preferred nomenclature. If this topic interests… Continue reading Dual-Process Theories of Higher Cognition: type 1 and type 2 preferred over system 1 and system 2
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