Chapter
Reasoning by Metaphor
49:44 - 54:56 (05:12)
The human ability to reason by metaphor is something that machines are not yet capable of, and it is a valuable tool for problem-solving, particularly in diverse populations and conditions where existing models may not be applicable.
Clips
The ability to reason through metaphors is an important advantage that humans have compared to fairly advanced machines like chess-playing computers.
49:44 - 50:42 (00:58)
Human Reasoning
Summary
The ability to reason through metaphors is an important advantage that humans have compared to fairly advanced machines like chess-playing computers.
ChapterReasoning by Metaphor
EpisodeJudea Pearl: Causal Reasoning, Counterfactuals, Bayesian Networks, and the Path to AGI
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The difference between machine and human causation lies in the fact that while machines use diverse populations and conditions to infer causation in new populations, humans use qualitative, non-committing models to jumpstart the exercise of understanding causation in temporal relationships between things.
50:42 - 54:56 (04:13)
Causation
Summary
The difference between machine and human causation lies in the fact that while machines use diverse populations and conditions to infer causation in new populations, humans use qualitative, non-committing models to jumpstart the exercise of understanding causation in temporal relationships between things.