Christopher X J. Jensen
Professor, Pratt Institute

When any behavior can be modeled, real-world constraint is critical

Posted 17 Jul 2012 / 0

PLoS One “Modeling Collective Animal Behavior with a Cognitive Perspective: A Methodological Framework“

A Minor Post, Behavior, Behavioral Ecology, Cognitive Ability, Evolutionary Modeling, Intelligences, Modeling (General), Neuroscience

Identifying the genes that gave dolphins their big brains

Posted 27 Jun 2012 / 0

Science Now “Building a Bigger Dolphin Brain“

A Minor Post, Brain size, Cetaceans, Cognitive Ability, Genetics, Neuroscience

Daniel Dennett on Darwin and Turing’s “strange inversion of reasoning”

Posted 26 Jun 2012 / 0

The Atlantic “‘A Perfect and Beautiful Machine’: What Darwin’s Theory of Evolution Reveals About Artificial Intelligence” I like this idea of “competence without comprehension”. I think that this could apply to a lot of our cultural practices as well as to the brilliance of evolved biological adaptations. I also appreciate the use of the “sorta” Read More

A Minor Post, Adaptation, Articles, Cognitive Ability, Evolution, Natural Selection