Ryan is joined by Professor Tom Griffiths, the head of Princeton University’s AI Lab, to dive into findings from his new book The Laws of Thought, which explores the history of the philosophy, mathematics, and logic that underlie artificial intelligence, and scientists' efforts to describe our minds using mathematics. They discuss the challenges of understanding human cognition, the implications of probabilistic AI “thinking,” and where Aristotle fits into the philosophical discussions we’re having on consciousness and sentience in AI.&nbsp;Episode notes:&nbsp;<a href="https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250358363/thelawsofthought/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Laws of Thought</a> details our quest to use mathematics to describe the ways we think, from its origins three hundred years ago to the ideas behind modern AI systems and how our human minds differ from the neural networks of AI.&nbsp;Connect with Tom on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-griffiths-7b31a0364/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a> and find more of his work at the <a href="https://cocosci.princeton.edu/tom/tom.php" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Princeton website</a>.&nbsp;Congrats to user <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/users/2813227/andreas-rayo-kniep" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Andreas Rayo Kniep</a> for winning a Populist badge for their answer to <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14128574/is-there-a-difference-between-the-utc-and-etc-utc-time-zones" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Is there a difference between the UTC and Etc/UTC time zones?</a>.We want to know what you're using to upskill and learn in the age of AI. Take <a href="https://stackoverflow.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_beHfwZ2k1tEx0PA?utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=house-ads&utm_campaign=pulse-survey-learning&utm_content=take-survey" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">this five minute survey</a> on learning and AI to have your voice heard in our next Stack Overflow Knows Pulse Survey.&nbsp;<a href="https://stackoverflow.blog/2026/02/10/the-logos-ethos-and-pathos-of-your-llms/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">TRANSCRIPT</a>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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