Prof. Paul Thagard is a philosopher and cognitive scientist. He is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Waterloo and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, the Cognitive Science Society, and the Association for Psychological Science. He's authored myriad interdisciplinary books, including a treatise on Mind and Society, and recently published his new book, Falsehoods Fly: Why Misinformation Spreads and How to Stop It. In this episode, we discuss AI, neural networks, ChatGPT and LLMs, Karl Friston's free energy principle, explanatory coherence, philosophy of science and mitigating misinformation. You can find more of Prof. Thagard's work at https://paulthagard.com/ Watch the video version ⁠⁠here⁠⁠. RSam Podcast #35 ---------------------------------------   {Podcast} YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/c/RahulSam⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Substack: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://rsampod.substack.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Spotify: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/4ryEqjut4r6SMtfxLdM1Le⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Anchor: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://anchor.fm/rahul-samaranayake⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠   Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://rahulsam.me/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠   {Social Media} ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/name_is_rahul/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/rahul-samaranayake-981a9315b/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/trsam97⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ {Reference Links} https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/behavioral-and-brain-sciences/article/abs/explanatory-coherence/E05CB61CD64C26138E794BC601CC9D7A https://www.psychologytoday.com/au/blog/hot-thought/202105/is-writing-agony-or-ecstasy https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/hot-thought/201311/how-write-productively https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262700924/coherence-in-thought-and-action/ https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/hot-thought/202401/how-to-stop-misinformation https://cup.columbia.edu/book/balance/9780231205580 https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/7530965 https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262548540/bots-and-beasts/ http://cogsci.uwaterloo.ca/Articles/successful.pdf https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/hot-thought/202202/the-real-problem-consciousness --------------------------------------- If the ideas I discuss in this podcast evoke your interest, consider visiting ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://theunhappyman.substack.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ---------------------------------------   Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statutes that might otherwise be infringing. If you are or represent the copyright owner of materials used in this video and have a problem with the use of the related material, please send me an email at [email protected], and we can sort it out. Thank you.