-
Notifications
You must be signed in to change notification settings - Fork 1
/
interests.html
157 lines (141 loc) · 8.12 KB
/
interests.html
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<title>Aaron Baker</title>
<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Josefin+Sans:wght@300&family=Montserrat:wght@200&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/normalize/5.0.0/normalize.min.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/style.css">
</head>
<body>
<div class="header">
<h1 style="text-align: center;">AARON BAKER</h1>
<p class="contact">
<a href="mailto: aaron@aajbaker.com" style="color: white">aaron@aajbaker.com</a><br>
</p>
</div>
<div class="timeline-wrapper clearfix">
<div class="timeline-content-day">
<div class="timeline-line"></div>
<div class="timeline-content-item" data-timeline="hobbies">
<span>Hobbies</span>
<div class="timeline-content-item-reveal">
<a href="hobbies.html">
<img src="assets/imgs/hobbies.JPG">
<span>Ask Me About</span>
</a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="timeline-content-item" data-timeline="travel">
<span>Travel</span>
<div class="timeline-content-item-reveal">
<a href="travel.html">
<img src="assets/imgs/travel.jpg">
<span>In the World</span>
</a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="timeline-content-item" data-timeline="photo">
<span>Photo</span>
<div class="timeline-content-item-reveal">
<a href="photo.html">
<img src="assets/imgs/photo2.jpg">
<span>Behind the Lens</span>
</a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="timeline-content-item" data-timeline="home">
<span>Home</span>
<div class="timeline-content-item-reveal">
<a href="index.html">
<img src="assets/imgs/portrait.jpg">
<span>Home</span>
</a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="timeline-content-item active" data-timeline="interests">
<span>Interests</span>
<div class="timeline-content-item-reveal">
<a href="interests.html">
<img src="assets/imgs/interests.JPG">
<span>On My Mind</span>
</a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="timeline-content-item" data-timeline="positions">
<span>Positions</span>
<div class="timeline-content-item-reveal">
<a href="positions.html">
<img src="assets/imgs/berkeley.JPG">
<span>On the Job</span>
</a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="timeline-content-item" data-timeline="research">
<span>Research<br>and CV</span>
<div class="timeline-content-item-reveal">
<a href="research.html">
<img src="assets/imgs/field.JPG">
<span>In the Lab</span>
</a>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div style="padding: 20px;"></div>
<div class="fade-in photo-right" style="text-align: left;">
<div class="title" style="justify-self: start;">Computational Models of Cognition</div>
<div class="text-box">
One of my primary interests in the field is modeling cognitive processes computationally.
Computational models allow us to think critically about how we believe people incorporate – or fail to incorporate – information to make decisions.
In order to build these models, we must formalize what is motivating our subjects, influencing them, and what information is important and available to them.
Not only does this give us the fun opportunity to build dynamic programs that help us understand and visualize these cognitive systems,
but it also coerces us into formalizing what we think is happening beneath the hood.
<br><br>
I have only scratched the surface of designing these models myself (though I have built many programs in my AI course at Cal), but it is one of my primary interests moving forward.
In order to orient myself to the work that's already been done and do the necessary background to build my norms model,
I made <a href="assets/Computational Modeling of Social Cognition.pdf" target="_blank">this guide</a> to computational models of social cognition and decision-making.
It mostly follows James Bot, my name for the agent that learns to add layers onto its decision-making process.
</div>
<div class="text-box"></div>
<div>
<img src="assets/imgs/jamesbot.png" alt="James Bot">
</div>
</div>
<div class="fade-in photo-left" style="text-align: left;">
<div class="title" style="justify-self: end;">Social Cognition</div>
<div class="text-box">
Scenario: You're in Ikea perusing the furniture and it's time to leave. Only one problem–– someone removed the arrow decals on the floor and you're completely, hopelessly lost.
Thinking hard, you remember that the way out is directly ahead, but it seems like all the other people in the store are heading the other direction.
Assuming they're all heading for for freedom, you follow the pack. In the end, the crowd was going for the meatballs at the foodcourt, leaving you to find a new path out.
<br><br>
In this scenario, you decided that the suggestion of the crowd's behavior overwhelmed the certainty of your personal hunch, but ultimately made a false inference about their aggregate goal.
Humans lead incredibly social lives, and many of our behaviors are based in what we observe from others. But which behaviors specifically? And how much do we weigh what we learn from others versus what we piece out ourselves?
Also, how do we selectively weigh information coming from different kinds of sources? For example, would you have decided to join the Ikea crowd if it was half as large? Or if it consistented entirely of your family members?
<br>I would like to find out, and I will get out of this Ikea.
</div>
<div class="text-box"></div>
<div>
<img src="assets/imgs/ikea.png" alt="Ikea">
</div>
</div>
<div class="fade-in photo-right" style="text-align: left;">
<div class="title" style="justify-self: start;">Social implications of Computing</div>
<div class="text-box">
Were we destined to live in an optimal world? Are we optimized to live in the world we're destined for?
Computing has become a pervasive part of our society and contributes real structure to it. In many ways it has improved our lives. But it also has unintended consequences, warping our perceptions of the world and our place in it.
<br><br>
While teaching introductory computer science, we emphasized reflections on the social implications of computing technologies,
believing that it was important for a new generations of engineers to be conscious of the downstream consequences of their programs.
As a cognitive scientist, I find it important and insightful to look into the ways our psychology can be at odds with the computational forces around us.
</div>
<div class="text-box"></div>
<div>
<img src="assets/imgs/atlas.png" alt="Atlas">
</div>
</div>
<script src='http://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.3/jquery.min.js'></script>
<script src="js/index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>