The Deep View: AI for Good ….

Posted on July 15, 2025 by michelleclarke2015
AI for Good: Scientists built an AI mind that thinks like a human
Source: Midjourney v7
Most AI systems excel at specific tasks but struggle to think like people do. A new model called Centaur is changing that by replicating how humans actually reason, make decisions and even make mistakes.
Developed by cognitive scientist Marcel Binz and international researchers, Centaur was trained on more than 160 psychological studies involving over 10 million human responses. Unlike traditional AI that optimizes for accuracy, this system was rewarded for matching real human behavior patterns.
The model draws from diverse experiments, from memory tests to video game challenges like flying spaceships to find treasure. When researchers changed the spaceship to a flying carpet, Centaur adapted its strategies just like people would.
Mimics human thinking patterns and replicates both correct reasoning and common errors across unfamiliar tasks. Generalizes knowledge by retaining strategies when experimental settings change, demonstrating flexible thinking. Shows broad capability by matching human performance across gambling, logic puzzles and spatial reasoning tests. Built on Meta’s LLaMA and fine-tuned to respond like a person rather than just providing optimal answers
Stanford’s Russ Poldrack called it the first model to match human performance across so many experiments. Critics like NYU’s Ilia Sucholutsky acknowledge it surpasses older cognitive models, though some question whether mimicking outcomes equals understanding cognition.
Cognitive scientists Olivia Guest and Gary Lupyan both noted that without a deeper theory of mind, the model risks being a clever imitator rather than a true window into human cognition. Binz agrees, to a point, saying Centaur is not the final answer but a stepping stone toward understanding how our minds actually work.
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Life event that changes all: Horse riding accident in Zimbabwe in 1993, a fractured skull et al including bipolar anxiety, chronic fatigue …. co-morbidities (Nietzche 'He who has the reason why can deal with any how' details my health history from 1993 to date). 17th 2017 August operation for breast cancer (no indications just an appointment came from BreastCheck through the Post). Trinity College Dublin Business Economics and Social Studies (but no degree) 1997-2003; UCD 1997/1998 night classes) essays, projects, writings. Trinity Horizon Programme 1997/98 (Centre for Women Studies Trinity College Dublin/St. Patrick's Foundation (Professor McKeon) EU Horizon funded: research study of 15 women (I was one of this group and it became the cornerstone of my journey to now 2017) over 9 mth period diagnosed with depression and their reintegration into society, with special emphasis on work, arts, further education; Notes from time at Trinity Horizon Project 1997/98; Articles written for Irishhealth.com 2003/2004; St Patricks Foundation monthly lecture notes for a specific period in time; Selection of Poetry including poems written by people I know; Quotations 1998-2017; other writings mainly with theme of social justice under the heading Citizen Journalism Ireland. Letters written to friends about life in Zimbabwe; Family history including Michael Comyn KC, my grandfather, my grandmother's family, the O'Donnellan ffrench Blake-Forsters; Moral wrong: An acrimonious divorce but the real injustice was the Catholic Church granting an annulment – you can read it and make your own judgment, I have mine. Topics I have written about include annual Brain Awareness week, Mashonaland Irish Associataion in Zimbabwe, Suicide (a life sentence to those left behind); Nostalgia: Tara Hill, Co. Meath.
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