Active Inference Insights Mahault Albarracin ~ Active Inference Insights 002 ~ Epistemic Communities, Social Scripts, AI
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Dec 7, 2023 
PhD candidate in cognitive computing, Mahault Albarracin, and the host explore epistemic communities, social scripts, and AI. They discuss the formation of echo chambers, confirmation bias, epistemic humility, and changing beliefs. They also explore the concept of social scripts and their relationship with active inference. Additionally, they delve into the limitations of human cognition, the concept of possibility spaces, and the relationship between subjectivity, matter, ontology, and epistemology. They also touch on embodiment and consciousness in AI.
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Why People Fall for Conspiracy Theories
- People seek easy explanations, like blaming immigrants for complex problems, to reduce uncertainty.
- Conspiracy theories offer simple answers, creating a sense of control but are often wrong.
Helping People Out of Echo Chambers
- Help people escape echo chambers with kindness and empathy, not by bashing their beliefs.
- Slowly untangle their beliefs from their perspective in clinical practice.
Social Scripts Defined
- Social scripts, like restaurant norms, guide behavior and reduce cognitive load.
- Strong scripts have sequences, while weak scripts are clusters of related concepts.