In not so distant future algorithms running on your smartphone will have capacity for empathy. The devices will soon appear to read your mental states. What would be your reaction?
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Continue ReadingFrom Computer Metaphor to Computational Modeling: The Evolution of Computationalism
Computational modeling is deservedly successful in cognitive (neuro)science. Its successes are related to deep conceptual connections between cognition and computation. Computationalism is not only here to stay despite outdated formulations that rely on mechanistic account of physical computation.
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