Human problem solving
by Allen Newell, Herbert Alexander Simon · first published 1972
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…Instead, I'll send you my very strongest best wishes from across the ocean! And while I'm at it, I'll endorse my absolute favorite paper ever written on search, in case it sparks some ideas: Simon & Newell's Human Problem Solving (1970) https://github.com/vlall/Ai-Papers/blob/master/1971_Human%20... . If you're not already teaching it, ofc ;) This quote in particular pops into my head at least once a day: The problem solver's…
on “Ask HN: What are you working on (September 2024)?” ↗…models for the description of language_ https://chomsky.info/wp-content/uploads/195609-.pdf - Naur 1985, _Programming as theory building_ https://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~remzi/Naur.pdf - Simon & Newell 1970, _Human Problem Solving_ https://iiif.library.cmu.edu/file/Newell_box00018_fld01306_d... etc. Maybe too broad a topic? Basically this list feels like it's lacking answers to some fundamental "why is it like this" questions,…
on “Learning resources for curious software engineers” ↗…differences between people at that point likely refer to their chunking capabilities, i.e. if they can reduce complex patterns to a single entity to remember (each of which takes ~5 seconds). Source: Human Problem Solving by Newell/Simon.
on “Adversarial policies beat superhuman Go AIs (2023)” ↗…the utility of the effort itself is just downright obvious, even if we didn't have reams of internet discussions like this one to nudge any nascent agent in that direction. [1] Simon & Newell, 1971: Human Problem Solving https://psycnet.apa.org/record/1971-24266-001
on “US and UK refuse to sign AI safety declaration at summit” ↗