Debate over how the brain works and AI's effect on cognition
What happened
On October 5, The Verge published a piece on how the human brain works and how AI affects cognition. Neuroscientist Paul Cisek argues the brain is not a Turing-style information processor but an evolved feedback control system, so understanding the mind through computational models is both inaccurate and limited. Using catching a fly ball as an example, the article says people act on simple heuristics like keeping the ball fixed in view, not hidden complex calculation. The author compares AI to cognitive junk food: tempting now, but eroding cognitive systems shaped over thousands of years.
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- The Verge · AIOur minds aren’t equipped to handle AI
神经科学家 Paul Cisek 提出，大脑并非图灵式的信息处理器，而是进化形成的反馈控制系统，用计算模型理解心智既失真又有限。文章以棒球接高飞球为例，说明人靠"保持球在视野中固定位置"这类简单启发式行动，而非潜意识复杂计算。作者据此认为，AI 如同认知层面的垃圾食品，当下诱人，却侵蚀人类数千年演化出的认知系统。
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