Tue, Aug 25
Topic 1. Human Learning & Judgment
How Do Humans Learn? Psychological Foundations
Please complete the tasks and readings listed below before class on Tue, Aug 25.
Required Readings
Reading
Sawyer, R. K. (2014). Introduction: The new science of learning. In R. K. Sawyer (Ed.), The Cambridge handbook of the learning sciences (2nd ed., pp. 1–18). Cambridge University Press. Link
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Optional Readings
Reading
AI Warehouse. (2023). AI learns to walk (deep reinforcement learning) [Video]. YouTube. Link
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Reflection
Biological Intelligence ReflectionDue Tu, Aug 25 at 3:00 PM
Each card below unpacks one account of how learning actually happens. Click a card to preview it, or open the full page for the complete write-up – worth holding up against whatever an AI system's makers mean when they say it 'learns.'
Topic / Focus
Today complements the neuroscience primer with some psychological accounts of how learning happens – namely: behaviorist, developmental accounts from Skinner & Piaget.
Guiding Questions
- How do behaviorist and developmental learning theories differ?
- What does each theory assume about where learning happens?
- What kind of inspiration has AI taken from these learning models?
Before next class
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