What if understanding how AI thinks could reveal uncomfortable truths about how your own brain works, and give you powerful tools to make smarter decisions, resist manipulation, and upgrade your cognition at the root level?&nbsp;-Watch this episode on YouTube for the full video experience:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/@DaveAspreyBPR" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/@DaveAspreyBPR</a>&nbsp;Host Dave Asprey sits down with Tom Griffiths, the Henry R. Luce Professor of Information Technology, Consciousness, and Culture in the Departments of Psychology and Computer Science at Princeton University. Griffiths directs Princeton's Computational Cognitive Science Lab, a research group focused on understanding the mathematical foundations of human cognition, and the Princeton Laboratory for Artificial Intelligence. He is the coauthor of Algorithms to Live By and the author of the new book The Laws of Thought, and his award-winning research has appeared in Science, Nature, and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.&nbsp;Together, Dave and Tom go deep on the cognitive science behind human performance, brain optimization, and the surprising overlap between biohacking and artificial intelligence. They explore why your body filters reality before your conscious brain ever sees it, how your mitochondria&nbsp;function&nbsp;as a distributed cognitive network, and what that means for longevity, decision-making, and neuroplasticity.&nbsp;You'll&nbsp;Learn:&nbsp;<ul><li>Why AI models reveal that humans may be more "stochastic parrots" than&nbsp;we'd&nbsp;like to admit&nbsp;</li><li>How your mitochondria pre-process sensory reality before your auditory cortex even fires&nbsp;</li><li>Why emotions like anger, love, and remorse are computational tools evolution built into your reward function&nbsp;</li><li>How&nbsp;low energy and blood sugar directly degrade your decision-making at a hardware level&nbsp;</li><li>What "resource rationality" means and how to use it to make better decisions under constraint&nbsp;</li><li>Why AI systems have measurable psychological personalities, and which ones are least likely to mess with your head&nbsp;</li><li>How neuroplasticity can&nbsp;eliminate&nbsp;the inner critic and reshape your mental operating system&nbsp;</li><li>Why two-process cognition (fast and slow thinking) is a feature, not a bug, of human intelligence&nbsp;</li></ul>&nbsp;Thank you to our sponsors!&nbsp;&nbsp;-BEYOND Biohacking Conference 2026 | Register with code DAVE300 for $300 off&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://beyondconference.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://beyondconference.com</a>-Essentia | Go to&nbsp;<a href="https://myessentia.com/dave" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://myessentia.com/dave</a>&nbsp;and use code DAVE for $100 off The Dave Asprey Upgrade.-Quantum Upgrade | Try it free for 15 days — no credit card required — at&nbsp;<a href="http://quantumupgrade.io/DAVE" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">QuantumUpgrade.io/DAVE</a>. 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Dave asks the questions no one else will and gives you real tools to become stronger, smarter, and more resilient.&nbsp;Keywords:&nbsp;AI, cognitive science, Tom Griffiths, The Laws of Thought, Princeton, brain optimization, neuroplasticity, mitochondria, decision-making, biohacking, Dave Asprey, human performance, longevity, anti-aging, consciousness, large language models, dopamine, reward function, resource rationality, emotions, game theory, altered states, chronic fatigue, dual process theory, Danger Coffee, Smarter Not Harder, cognitive biases, memory, AI bias, neurofeedback, Algorithms to Live By&nbsp;Resources:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Get&nbsp;Tom's new book:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Laws-Thought-Quest-Mathematical-Theory/dp/1250358353&nbsp;" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/Laws-Thought-Quest-Mathematical-Theory/dp/1250358353&nbsp;</a>• Get My 2026 Clean Nicotine Roadmap | Enroll for free at&nbsp;<a href="https://daveasprey.com/2026-clean-nicotine-roadmap/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://daveasprey.com/2026-clean-nicotine-roadmap/</a>&nbsp;• Dave Asprey's Latest News | Go to&nbsp;<a href="https://daveasprey.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://daveasprey.com/</a>&nbsp;to&nbsp;join&nbsp;Inside Track&nbsp;today.&nbsp;&nbsp;• Danger Coffee:&nbsp;<a href="https://dangercoffee.com/discount/dave15" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://dangercoffee.com/discount/dave15</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• My Daily Supplements:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.shopsuppgradelabs.com/discount/DAVE15" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">SuppGrade Labs</a>&nbsp;(15% Off)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Favorite Blue Light Blocking Glasses:&nbsp;<a href="https://truedark.com/?coupon-code=DAVEASPREY15&sc-page=shop" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">TrueDark</a>&nbsp;(15% Off)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Dave Asprey’s BEYOND Conference:&nbsp;<a href="https://beyondconference.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://beyondconference.com</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Dave Asprey’s New Book –&nbsp;Heavily Meditated:&nbsp;<a href="https://daveasprey.com/heavily-meditated" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://daveasprey.com/heavily-meditated</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;• Join My Substack (Live Access&nbsp;To&nbsp;Podcast Recordings):&nbsp;<a href="https://substack.daveasprey.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://substack.daveasprey.com/</a>&nbsp;• Upgrade Labs:&nbsp;<a href="https://upgradelabs.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://upgradelabs.com</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Timestamps:&nbsp;00:00 – Intro00:50 - Tom's Background & Chronic Fatigue&nbsp;10:22 – Mathematics of Mind&nbsp;12:43 – Memory and Emotion&nbsp;15:29 – Decision Making Under Constraints&nbsp;21:10 – Computational Problems of Consciousness&nbsp;24:18 – Reality Pre-Processing&nbsp;26:14 – Meat Robots vs Stochastic Parrots&nbsp;29:21 – Emotions: Game Theory&nbsp;35:39 – Dual Systems: Model-Based vs Model-Free&nbsp;39:22 – Mitochondria and Consciousness&nbsp;50:00 – Testing AI Like Humans&nbsp;52:11 – Choosing AI Models&nbsp;57:14 – AI Research Questions&nbsp;See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>.

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