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969: The Laws of Thought: The Math of Minds and Machines, with Prof. Tom Griffiths
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- Feb 24, 2026
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Summary
Princeton Professor Tom Griffiths talks to Jon Krohn about his new book, The Laws of Thought, which grapples with the mathematical models behind biological and artificial intelligence, and what makes the human brain so fascinating for psychologists and computer scientists to study. In this episode, he details how the mathematical principles governing the external world can also be used to explore cognitive science, or “the internal world.” This episode is brought to you by the Dell, by Intel, by Cisco and by Acceldata. Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/969 Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Email [email protected] for sponsorship information. In this episode you will learn: (01:18) Tom Griffiths’ current research (21:23) On mathematical inference in LLMs (35:19) How to engineer inductive bias (52:00) How to model curiosity into AI systems