Have you ever bumped into an old friend on a crowded street, recognizing their face instantly despite years of separation? Or perhaps you’ve found yourself humming along to a familiar tune playing faintly in the background, seemingly without even trying? These seemingly effortless experiences are orchestrated by a powerful mental faculty: pattern recognition. Decoding the […]
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The world of artificial intelligence (AI) continues to evolve rapidly, and Google’s DeepMind is at the forefront of these advancements. Recently, they unveiled “Genie,” a groundbreaking generative AI model capable of creating playable games from simple prompts. From Sketches to Side-scrollers: Unleashing Creativity This innovative model, trained on hundreds of thousands of gameplay videos, can
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Have you ever witnessed a basketball player make several consecutive shots, leading commentators to declare they have a “hot hand”? Or perhaps you’ve been on a winning streak in a game, convinced your luck will continue? These scenarios illustrate the hot-hand fallacy, a cognitive bias that influences our perception of success and randomness. What is
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In the labyrinth of human cognition, lies a subtle yet powerful force that often dictates our choices, anchoring us to the familiar and deterring us from embracing change. This phenomenon, known as status quo bias, permeates various aspects of our lives, from personal decisions to societal norms. Understanding its mechanisms and repercussions is crucial in
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Imagine a driver who consistently cuts corners, blames others for accidents, and boasts about their “superior” skills. Yet, objective data reveals a history of traffic violations and near misses. This, in essence, is the Dunning-Kruger effect in action: a cognitive bias where individuals with limited knowledge or competence overestimate their abilities in a specific domain.
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Have you ever encountered a price tag and instantly formed an opinion on the product’s value, even without much information? Or perhaps, when estimating the distance to a friend’s house, you silently referenced a familiar landmark? If so, you’ve unknowingly encountered the anchoring and adjustment heuristic, a fascinating mental shortcut employed by our brains for
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It’s been nearly a year since the release of the original LLLaMA model, and the landscape of open language models has seen significant evolution since then. From the initial semi-open license of LLLaMA to the subsequent flood of open LLMs like Alpaca and Vicuna, the field has been rapidly expanding. The release of LLLaMA 2
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Have you ever found yourself instantly charmed by someone with a magnetic smile, only to overlook their brash behavior later? Or perhaps you’ve dismissed a product based solely on its unappealing packaging, neglecting its potential benefits within? Welcome to the realm of the halo effect, a cognitive bias that subtly influences our perceptions, painting a
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Imagine you’re interviewing a candidate for a crucial role. They aced all their technical assessments, but their recent project presentation had minor hiccups. Are you more likely to focus on their recent stumble or their consistent past successes? This, my friends, is the insidious influence of recency bias at play. Defined as the tendency to
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Have you ever witnessed a long streak of red on the roulette wheel and felt compelled to bet on black, convinced it was “due”? Or doubled down on a losing hand in poker, sure the tides were about to turn? If so, you’ve likely encountered the Gambler’s Fallacy, a cognitive bias that can lead to
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