6 stories tagged Cognition
Cognition, the AI coding startup behind Devin, has acquired Poke — an AI assistant you text like a friend — in a low-nine-figure deal. The acquisition signals that AI personality and conversational style are becoming a competitive advantage in developer tools.
A new paper argues that the success of modern AI vindicates a modest form of associationism: the idea that learning is uniform, gradual, and driven by feedback. This could reshape how we think about both AI and human cognition.
Scott Wu, CEO of Cognition, emphasizes that AI coding agents like Devin are meant to assist developers, not replace them. This perspective highlights the importance of human creativity in programming.
Researchers tested AI models using human intelligence tests and found that while AI excels in verbal skills, it still struggles with other cognitive tasks. This uneven development highlights the gap between AI and human-like intelligence.
Researchers propose a heartbeat-driven scheduling system for LLM-based AI agents, enabling proactive self-regulation. This approach mimics human cognition to improve adaptability and efficiency. The study highlights the limitations of current rigid control flows in AI systems.
A new paper introduces a mathematical framework for how environments can act as memory for agents in reinforcement learning. Experiments show that spatial paths can reduce the information needed to represent history.