Hallucination is fundamental to how transformer-based language models work. In fact, it’s their greatest asset: this is the method by which language models find links between sometimes disparate ...

Mathematical logic provides a rigorous framework for analysing the structure of mathematical reasoning, enabling a deep understanding of both formal systems and the nature of proofs. Central to this ...

Below, Tom Griffiths shares five key insights from his new book, The Laws of Thought: The Quest for a Mathematical Theory of the Mind. Griffiths is a professor of psychology and computer science at ...

Some scientific discoveries matter because they reveal something new — the double helical structure of DNA, for example, or the existence of black holes. However, some revelations are profound because ...

Marcos Mazari-Armida, a postdoctoral researcher at CU Boulder, wins 2021 Sacks Prize from the Association of Symbolic Logic A University of Colorado Boulder mathematician has won the Sacks Prize, ...