Tag: Data Efficiency

2 articles

Kids Compress. AI Memorizes. That's the Whole Problem.

A toddler generalizes 'dog' from 3 examples. AI needs millions. The reason might be that cognitive constraints — not capabilities — are what produce genuine abstraction.

Theo Kask·March 4, 2026

Embodied Cognition & AI

Poke It and See: The Causal Reasoning Superpower That Makes Children Better Scientists Than AI

Children are intuitive causal scientists — they poke, tilt, and intervene to figure out why things happen. AI systems, despite their power, still can't quite do this. Here's why the gap matters.

Raf Delgado·February 28, 2026