Well, you know about the Chinese Room Argument, right?
Imagine if, instead of a Chinese/Chinese dictionary, we give you a Chinese conversation partner to teach the language. You will benefit from interaction, empathy, and a shared goal. ➟ For an explanation on emergent communication check out this awesome text by Michael Noukhovitch
Communication is more than just reproduction of language patterns and fulfilling expectation of prompters. ➟ Learn more about my research
Predictive Mind Theory is a very charming theory introduced by Jakob Hohwy, which aims to identify a simple mechanism with the ability to explain the fundamental workings of our brain, both overall and in detail. We will look into how this theory explains some interesting perks of human intelligence and how this can be transferred both to...
This was a long journey and I thank all of my wonderful supporters and supervisors!
I hadn't dared to dream of a Summa cum laude, but here it is. You can read it here open access. I would recommend it to anyone who wants to start into the topic of emergent communication and understanding the deeper connection...