Experiment shows cognitive biases impact human-AI collaboration, highlighting the need for diverse evaluator samples.
problem Cognitive biases affect human-AI collaboration, leading to suboptimal outcomes.
method Randomized experiment with 2,784 participants, manipulating AI suggestion quality, task burden, and financial incentives.
result Individual attitudes toward AI are the strongest predictor of performance, influencing accuracy and overcorrection.
Framework enhances AI explainability by aligning with human cognitive models.
problem Lack of explainability in AI models hinders trust and accountability.
method Integrates explainability techniques with Malle's five category model of behavior explanation.
result Demonstrates practical relevance in credit risk assessment and regulatory analysis.
Generative AI boosts analyst reports but increases forecast errors.
problem Improving financial analyst reports with AI.
method Natural experiment using FactSet's AI platform.
result AI-assisted reports are more comprehensive but lead to higher forecast errors.
Model shows AI adoption amplifies financial market risk through prediction, herding, and cognitive dependency.
problem Systemic risk in financial markets due to AI adoption.
method Developed a unified model within an extended rational expectations framework, incorporating endogenous adoption, performative prediction, algorithmic herding, and cognitive dependency.
result Systemic risk multiplier grows superlinearly with AI penetration, implying tail-loss amplification of 18-54%.
The problem of replicating the flexibility of human common-sense reasoning has captured the imagination of computer scientists since the early days of Alan Turing's foundational work on computation and the philosophy of artificial intelligence. In the intervening years, the idea of cognition as computation has emerged …
Deep learning ensemble improves Alzheimer vs. Mild Cognitive Impairment diagnosis.
problem Differentiating Alzheimer Disease from Mild Cognitive Impairment.
method Hybrid deep learning ensemble framework using MRI slices, pretrained models, and stacked ensemble learning.
result State-of-the-art accuracy (99.21%) for Alzheimer vs. Mild Cognitive Impairment classification.
The paper proposes a new framework to generate synthetic data with human-like imperfections to prevent model collapse.
problem Model collapse due to statistical optimization of synthetic data.
method Introduces Prompt-driven Cognitive Computing Framework (PMCSF) with Cognitive State Decoder (CSD) and Cognitive Text Encoder (CTE).
result The framework generates text with cognitive imperfections, reducing maximum drawdown and delivering defensive alpha.
This research explores inductive biases for deep learning to improve AI's higher-level cognition.
problem Current AI struggles with flexible out-of-distribution and systematic generalization.
method Examines and proposes new inductive biases for deep learning.
result Identifies specific inductive biases for higher-level sequential processing.
Study reveals AI's spontaneous topic changes in text prediction.
problem AI's inability to spontaneously switch topics like humans.
method Defined topic as Token Priority Graphs (TPGs) and analyzed self-attention models.
result AI can only switch topics if lower-priority tokens outnumber higher-priority ones.
The paper argues for a social-economic approach to AI development.
problem The current AI development overlooks social and cultural aspects of intelligence.
method A blend of economic and social concepts with computational and inferential concepts in algorithm design.
result A social-economic approach is necessary for proper AI development.
In order to study the application of artificial intelligence (AI) to dental imaging, we applied AI technology to classify a set of panoramic radiographs using (a) a convolutional neural network (CNN) which is a form of an artificial neural network (ANN), (b) representative image cognition algorithms that implement scal…
We present a practical health-theme machine learning (ML) application concerning `AI for social good' domain for `Producing Good Outcomes' track. In particular, the solution is concerning the problem of a potential elderly adult dementia onset prediction in aging societies. The paper discusses our attempt and encouragi…
Novel method diagnoses large language models' reasoning abilities.
problem Fine-grained evaluation of large language models' reasoning abilities.
method Adapting cognitive diagnosis models to LLMs, estimating mastery profiles and Q-matrix, incorporating textual information.
result Accurate parameter recovery and insights into LLMs' capabilities.
The common view that our creativity is what makes us uniquely human suggests that incorporating research on human creativity into generative deep learning techniques might be a fruitful avenue for making their outputs more compelling and human-like. Using an original synthesis of Deep Dream-based convolutional neural n…
AGENTICAITA uses AI agents to autonomously trade markets without human intervention.
problem Inability of traditional trading systems to adapt to market complexity.
method Introduces an agentic AI framework with specialized LLM agents reasoning, negotiating, and acting.
result Demonstrated operational correctness and non-trivial inter-agent negotiation in live market conditions.
New approach to counterfactual reasoning in AI and psychology.
problem Challenges to conventional counterfactual reasoning in AI and psychology.
method Formalizes a backtracking approach to counterfactuals within the SCM framework.
result First general account and algorithmisation of backtracking counterfactuals.
Paper proposes a new AI design philosophy for distributed learning.
problem Designing AI systems that mimic human cognitive capabilities.
method Democratized learning (Dem-AI) with self-organized hierarchical agents.
result Self-organized learning systems can perform complex tasks more efficiently.
AI bias arises from human-defined goals, not algorithmic flaws.
problem AI bias due to human-defined goals in LLMs.
method Purpose-conditioned cognition and revealing downstream use of LLM outputs.
result AI bias can be reduced by purpose-aware prompting but not fully by regularization.
CogScale benchmarks AI architectures for sequential processing.
problem Evaluating AI architectures' ability to process sequential information efficiently.
method 14 scalable synthetic tasks designed to isolate cognitive and memory abilities at different scales.
result Attention mechanisms and modern state-space models consistently maintain high performance as task difficulty scales.
IFT reformulates AI and ML tasks using field theory.
problem Signal reconstruction and non-parametric inverse problems.
method Reformulate inference in IFT as GNN training.
result IFT-based GNNs can operate without pre-training.
Interpretable AI model boosts investment confidence and profitability.
problem Challenges in financial forecasting and interpretability in decision-making models.
method SHAP-based explainability technique for interpretable AI models.
result Notable enhancement in investor's portfolio value.
The cognitive framework of conceptual spaces bridges the gap between symbolic and subsymbolic AI by proposing an intermediate conceptual layer where knowledge is represented geometrically. There are two main approaches for obtaining the dimensions of this conceptual similarity space: using similarity ratings from psych…
Recent progress in artificial intelligence (AI) has renewed interest in building systems that learn and think like people. Many advances have come from using deep neural networks trained end-to-end in tasks such as object recognition, video games, and board games, achieving performance that equals or even beats humans …
Study shows cognitive load impacts financial market efficiency, especially for less sophisticated investors.
problem Cognitive load's effect on financial market information processing.
method Developed a theoretical framework and tested it with exogenous disclosure complexity variation.
result Cognitive load significantly impairs price discovery, particularly for less sophisticated investors.
A cognitive model of human learning provides information about skills a learner must acquire to perform accurately in a task domain. Cognitive models of learning are not only of scientific interest, but are also valuable in adaptive online tutoring systems. A more accurate model yields more effective tutoring through b…
Pension benefits in rural China lead to cognitive decline among the elderly.
problem Cognitive decline in late adulthood among rural Chinese elderly.
method Examined the effects of a new pension scheme on cognitive performance.
result Pension benefits negatively impact cognitive functioning, particularly delayed recall.
The ubiquity of smartphone usage in many people's lives make it a rich source of information about a person's mental and cognitive state. In this work we analyze 12 weeks of phone usage data from 113 older adults, 31 with diagnosed cognitive impairment and 82 without. We develop structured models of users' smartphone i…
Cognitive neuroscience is enjoying rapid increase in extensive public brain-imaging datasets. It opens the door to large-scale statistical models. Finding a unified perspective for all available data calls for scalable and automated solutions to an old challenge: how to aggregate heterogeneous information on brain func…
In the eyes of a rationalist like Descartes or Spinoza, human reasoning is flawless, marching toward uncovering ultimate truth. A few centuries later, however, culminating in the work of Kahneman and Tversky, human reasoning was portrayed as anything but flawless, filled with numerous misjudgments, biases, and cognitiv…
Interpretable representations improve explainable AI by translating complex data into understandable concepts.
problem Many explainers use interpretable representations but overlook their full potential and assumptions.
method An in-depth analysis of interpretable representations for tabular, image, and text data, identifying strengths, weaknesses, and desiderata.
result Linear model quantifies interpretable concepts' influence on black-box predictions, revealing their explanatory properties and manipulability.
New method identifies latent variables in cognitive models using neural networks.
problem Inference of latent variables in complex cognitive models is limited.
method Recurrent neural networks and simulation-based inference for latent variable sequences.
result Extends neural Bayes estimation to broader classes of cognitive models.
While the interpretability of machine learning models is often equated with their mere syntactic comprehensibility, we think that interpretability goes beyond that, and that human interpretability should also be investigated from the point of view of cognitive science. The goal of this paper is to discuss to what exten…
Study links cognitive effort to thermodynamic principles, optimizing decision-making.
problem Understanding the energy cost of decision-making in living systems.
method Applied Landauer's principle to analyze belief dynamics in a two-armed bandit game.
result Cognitive energy cost correlates with optimal decision-making outcomes.
This workshop explores the interface between cognitive neuroscience and recent advances in AI fields that aim to reproduce human performance such as natural language processing and computer vision, and specifically deep learning approaches to such problems. When studying the cognitive capabilities of the brain, scienti…
New filters improve radar target inference in complex scenarios.
problem Improving radar target inference in highly non-linear system models.
method Developed inverse cubature Kalman filter (I-CKF), inverse quadrature Kalman filter (I-QKF), and inverse cubature-quadrature Kalman filter (I-CQKF) for non-linear systems.
result Numerical experiments show improved estimation accuracy compared to existing methods.
Accurate diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease (AD) entails clinical evaluation of multiple cognition metrics and biomarkers. Metrics such as the Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale - Cognitive test (ADAS-cog) comprise multiple subscores that quantify different aspects of a patient's cognitive state such as learning, memor…
For effective treatment of Alzheimer disease (AD), it is important to identify subjects who are most likely to exhibit rapid cognitive decline. Herein, we developed a novel framework based on a deep convolutional neural network which can predict future cognitive decline in mild cognitive impairment (MCI) patients using…
Study improves robustness of Bayesian inference for cognitive models.
problem Outliers and contaminants affect parameter estimation in cognitive models.
method Robustness of parameter estimation using amortized Bayesian inference (ABI) with neural networks.
result Introducing contaminants from a Cauchy distribution increases robustness.
Develops an inverse particle filter for cognitive systems.
problem Tracking cognitive adversaries in counter-adversarial applications.
method Global filtering approach using Monte Carlo methods and differentiable I-PF.
result Demonstrates convergence to optimal inverse filter and improved estimation performance.
New methods make Bayesian inference feasible for complex cognitive models.
problem Bayesian inference is hard for complex, unknown models.
method Amortized neural network estimators for simulation-based inference.
result Effort in training networks amortizes over multiple uses.
QCML uses quantum geometry to represent data.
problem Data representation and the curse of dimensionality.
method QCML encodes data as Hermitian matrices in Hilbert space.
result Data geometry reveals intrinsic dimension and topological properties.
Deep active inference agents learn complex environments using Monte-Carlo methods.
problem Understanding and modeling biological intelligence in complex, continuous state-spaces.
method Neural architecture for deep active inference agents using multiple forms of Monte-Carlo sampling.
result Deep active inference agents can learn environmental dynamics and plan future actions.
We propose a neural superstatistics method to estimate dynamic cognitive models from time series data.
problem Memoryless cognitive models ignore parameter fluctuations, leading to inaccurate predictions.
method Developed a simulation-based deep learning method for Bayesian inference of superstatistical models.
result Deep learning method efficiently recovers time-varying and time-invariant parameters.
The effectiveness of machine learning algorithms depends on the quality and amount of data and the operationalization and interpretation by the human analyst. In humanitarian response, data is often lacking or overburdening, thus ambiguous, and the time-scarce, volatile, insecure environments of humanitarian activities…
CogFormer trains a transformer to estimate parameters across various cognitive models.
problem Difficulty in fitting complex cognitive models and iterating over varying assumptions.
method Meta-amortized framework using a transformer to estimate parameters across multiple models.
result CogFormer accurately estimates parameters across different model families with minimal retraining.
Model place cells as spatial embeddings for efficient path planning and cognitive map construction.
problem Encoding spatial navigation in the hippocampus.
method Model place cells using spectral decomposition of multi-step random walk transition kernels, inducing sparsity and adjacency.
result Place cells encode spatial information through non-negativity and inner-product structure, forming a cognitive map.
In cognitive psychology, automatic and self-reinforcing irrational thought patterns are known as cognitive distortions. Left unchecked, patients exhibiting these types of thoughts can become stuck in negative feedback loops of unhealthy thinking, leading to inaccurate perceptions of reality commonly associated with anx…
Recent advances in the fields of machine learning and neurofinance have yielded new exciting research perspectives in practical inference of behavioural economy in financial markets and microstructure study. We here present the latest results from a recently published stock market simulator built around a multi-agent s…