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John Ball

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Mar 17

AI Improves with Cognitive Science

Part 1: What do our scientific observations show? Brain scans and damage identify a number of interesting effects. This 2-part article will…

AI Improves with Cognitive Science

John Ball

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Mar 16

AI Improves with Cognitive Science Pt 2

The analysis now deals with the observations of brain function to introduce the pattern-based model of brains that aligns what we see. The…

AI Improves with Cognitive Science Pt 2

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John Ball

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Nov 26, 2025

How to solve AI? With our brain!

Our brain: The final frontier in science

How to solve AI? With our brain!

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John Ball

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Nov 19, 2025

Language uses patterns

A quick review

Language uses patterns

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John Ball

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Nov 11, 2025

Solving AI’s Frame Problem

with help from the brain

Solving AI’s Frame Problem

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John Ball

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Nov 4, 2025

Understanding at Vrije (VU)

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam talk: Natural Language Understanding and Execution

Understanding at Vrije (VU)

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John Ball

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Nov 1, 2025

Real-time language recognition

Using Cognitive AI

Real-time language recognition

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John Ball

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Nov 1, 2025

The Greatest AI Linguists of Our Time

Who can enable machines that use language as we do?

The Greatest AI Linguists of Our Time

John Ball

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Nov 1, 2025

Success in AGI Series Announcement

Why natural science (cognitive science) holds the key to AGI progress. In 5 years we can revolutionize our language-based interactions with…

Success in AGI Series Announcement

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John Ball

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Oct 27, 2025

LLMs can never have human-like conversations

Because human-like context is factored out of their model

LLMs can never have human-like conversations

John Ball

John Ball

I'm a cognitive scientist working on NLU (Natural Language Understanding) systems based on RRG (Role and Reference Grammar). A mouthful, I know!

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