Children are natural scientists. They observe the world, form hypotheses, and test them out. Eventually, they learn to explain their (sometimes endearingly hilarious) reasoning. AI, not so much. There ...

When faced with something new, human beings instinctively reach for comparisons. A child learning about atoms might hear that electrons orbit the nucleus “like planets orbit the sun.” An entrepreneur ...

In a nutshell: OpenAI has unveiled a new series of AI language models named the "o1," specifically engineered to enhance reasoning capabilities, particularly for complex issues in science, coding, and ...

Cognitive science has increasingly focused on the mechanisms underpinning how humans generate, evaluate and update explanations. Explanatory reasoning—central to learning and inference—involves the ...