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Alison Gopnik

@alisongopnik.bsky.social

Cognitive scientist, philosopher, and psychologist at Berkeley, author of The Scientist in the Crib, The Philosophical Baby and The Gardener and the Carpenter and grandmother of six.

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Alison Gopnik@alisongopnik.bsky.social · yesterday

Thanks, but actually my favorite line didn't make it to the piece. Does Odysseus feel guilty about the Trojan war? Lots of discourse on this question even though he doesn't exist! Is he conscious? AI agents are fictive characters abstracted from text - like Odysseus.

SJ Brison@brison.bsky.social · 3d ago

Love the quote from Alison Gopnik: “We don’t know if toasters are conscious or not,” Dr. Gopnik said. “But no one is asking about that in the pages of The New York Times.”

bergelsonlab@bergelsonlab.bsky.social · last wk.

just did this, thru the comment button here: www.regulations.gov/document/NSF... Would love to see my #NSFSBE folks + the relevant societies ( @fabbs.org, @cogscisociety.bsky.social, @cogdevsoc.bsky.social, @srcdorg.bsky.social, @infantstudies.bsky.social)comment too. deadline today!

Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request; National Science Foundation Proposal/Award Information-NSF Guidance on Financial Assistance

The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) is announcing plans to renew and revise its collection for its financial assistance policies and procedures. In accordance with the requirements of the Paper...

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Stand Up for Science!@standupforscience.net · last wk.

🚨WARNING🚨 Today is the LAST DAY to leave your public comment on the NSF Proposal. The Proposal implements some of Vought's Science-Destroying OMB Proposal plans in advance: zurl.co/9nywR Leave your public comment TODAY using our guide & tool: fight2win.standupforscience.net/campaign/Pro...

Dorsa Amir@dorsaamir.bsky.social · 2mo ago

When we consider children in cultural evolution, we tend to cast them as recipients of adult culture. In our BBS target article, @sheinalew.bsky.social & I argued there's more: through 'peer cultures', children actively drive cultural adaptation. Our final paper + a rich set of responses is out now!

Children as agents of cultural adaptation | Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Cambridge Core

Children as agents of cultural adaptation - Volume 49

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Mandana Samiei@mandanas.bsky.social · last mo.

Presenting our work today at #CogSci2026 🎉 Our findings reveal interesting similarities, and important differences, in how humans and modern AI systems explore causal structures. If you're at the conference, come by and say hello! Today 5:30–7:00pm Reasoning session, P3-L-104

Mandana Samiei@mandanas.bsky.social · 3mo ago

We recently investigated how humans and AI reason through causal rules: arxiv.org/abs/2606.06464 Accepted at #CogSci2026. We gave adults and LLMs agency to actively experiment using a Blicket causal game, breaking down their process into the iterative loop shown in the following figure:

Mike Frank@mcxfrank.bsky.social · last mo.

Nearly four years ago we asked ourselves, "what would it look like to have a field-leading, completely free reference work for cognitive science"? It's been so fun editing OECS with @asifamajid.bsky.social and @hbaum.bsky.social. I can't believe we have published 200 (!!) articles! oecs.mit.edu

Philip Laughlin@philiplaughlin.bsky.social · last mo.

Today's #OA spotlight is extra special. Just this week, @mitpress.bsky.social published the 200th article in our OPEN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF COGNITIVE SCIENCE. Congrats to @mcxfrank.bsky.social & @asifamajid.bsky.social! We've come far since the 2023 @cogscisociety.bsky.social in Rotterdam! oecs.mit.edu

UC Berkeley Social Sciences@berkeleysocsci.bsky.social · last mo.

As AI systems continue to advance, Psychology Prof. @alisongopnik.bsky.social points to the original learning model: the child. In a recent Berkeley Talks episode, she explains why children’s curiosity, exploration + learning capacity set them apart from today’s AI systems. Listen here:

Berkeley Talks: Alison Gopnik on why AI is no match for a 4-year-old - Berkeley News

AI may be advancing rapidly, but as the UC Berkeley developmental psychologist explains, the next leap in technology depends on replicating the unique forms of human intelligence cultivated during chi...

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Candice Odgers@candiceodgers.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I just submitted my comment using this simple tool. Thank you @drruth.bsky.social for this free tool that allows more voices to be heard in stopping these proposed changes - that would be devastating for future advances in health, science, and technology.

Ruth Ann Crystal@drruth.bsky.social · 2mo ago

$1.1 trillion in federal grants is on the line, including Medicaid, Head Start, and community health centers. Learn about a free tool that I built to help you write your public comment in <5 minutes. 🔗 drruth.substack.com/p/i-built-yo... Deadline: July 13. Every voice counts. #medsky #2CFR200

Alison Gopnik@alisongopnik.bsky.social · 2mo ago

A really great piece from Blake on his discursive theory of art - very clear and interesting - and especially so in the light of the new Duchamp show.. brooklynrail.org/2026/07/art/...

When Art is Art: A Discursive Theory | The Brooklyn Rail

Philosophers’ longstanding debates about art’s nature and definitions may have their roots in nothing more than an accident of nomenclature. It’s just a mistake to think that any object is inherently—...

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