Statistics over algorithms as a model of human learning

Statistics over algorithms as a model of human learning

Sep 4, 2019, 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM | 1011 Evans Hall | Happening As Scheduled
Steve Piantadosi, UC Berkeley
Human learning differs qualitatively from state of the art machine learning both in scale and power. People are able to discover much richer latent structures in data than are typically captured in statistical models. In particular, people seem able to discover algorithmically sophisticated representations, often real computational processes like computer programs. This ability can be seen in...