Cognitive skills for LLM creativity and metacognition
If you want to improve the ability of your LLM, you can do so by giving it “skills” – text-based, specific instructions to behave in…
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Why split-screen ASMR Reels are so engaging
I watch these shorts on YT with some science being explained, and some Minecraft dude is jumping over these blocks hanging in the sky, and …
The Value of Productivity will be its Beauty
What is the worth of a particular product, deliverable, or skill? The answer will soon depend a lot on the “beauty” inside a product & …
Why we need Wabi-Sabi in a post-AI world
Wabi-sabi (侘び寂び) is a Japanese concept of accepting beauty in imperfection. These imperfections are very human in nature – rough edges, clumsiness, asymmetry, unpolished finishing, etc. …
For LLMs to be smarter, teach them Psycholinguistics
This is for those who want to create AI applications and conduct R&D to make better LLMs. I will introduce the idea of psycholinguistics in …
You’ve been Thinking with your Body
I will introduce 5 psychological discoveries about how elegantly our body is connected to the mind. Our special brand of cognition (thinking and thinking processes) …
We are in The Speed Economy… Now What?
Will you be happy if your food delivery took just one minute? Not because it was cooked faster with pre-processed ingredients, but because future technology …
Do students have space to think?
If you wish to understand something, you must first repeat it. This article is a short explanation of how and when students of a new …
The Heart-Mind relationship is more than a metaphor
When people say, “My heart says yes, but my mind says no,” they’re not being poetic. It might seem like they are using a metaphor, …
BrainROT, REELationships, and The DM Verse
Think of social media as making soup. Most users are stirring the pot. Some users are adding ingredients. The pot stirrers effectively keep social media …
There is space between senses & thoughts, which changes perspectives… a lot
First, there is what we observe and do – the sensory stuff. Then, there is a perception of what we sense in our heads. Holding …
Ft. Vs. Cms which is Right for the Brain?
Someone said remember – “5 tomatoes” to figure out how many feet there are in a mile. It is 5 2 8 0 (five two …
AI Alignment should be our Prime Concern
What happens when our greatest creation outsmarts us – not maliciously, but by giving us exactly what we think we want?” A 2-tiered trust issue …
HOW Ideas come alive: Decompose & Recompose
How does the brain create ideas??? – Music, text, visual design, reels, adverts, dance, etc.? I’ve consolidated multiple processes into one model. Let’s also dissect …
Retail Therapy Hijacked the Speed Economy
2 forces collided and imploded to become a self-sustaining consumer habit. ⚔️ The speed of everything is increasing, well at least in the consumer cosmos. …
A Thrifty Brain gave us Multi-tasking Abilities
Unlike a computer, which would recruit multiple “cores” to multitask, the brain has to use a pretty sophisticated workaround to multi-task. And it all comes …
Where does our Sense of Beauty come from?
Whoever engages with the beautiful has a good soul. Emmanuel Kant said something like that. Hegel said the art we create transcends the beauty of …