The Hidden Science of Imagination & What AI Still Doesn't Understand
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The Hidden Science of Imagination & What AI Still Doesn't Understand

B2Upper-intermediateAugust 13, 202649 min
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Humans are remarkably bad at predicting how long something will take. Whether it's a home project, a work assignment, or even a quick trip across town, we almost always underestimate the time involved. Psychologists have studied this tendency for decades—and understanding why it happens can help you make better plans, meet more deadlines, and avoid unnecessary frustration. https://thedecisionlab.com/biases/planning-fallacy We tend to think of imagination as something artists, inventors, and children rely on. But imagination is actually one of the most powerful—and overlooked—abilities we all possess. It shapes the decisions you make...

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Today on Something You Should Know, why human beings are pretty bad at predicting how long something will take. Then the science of imagination that can take your thinking to new heights. We kind of have a fuzzy idea of imagination creativity as people who do art and people

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who make Disneyland and make movies. But really, your imagination is woven through every part of your day and almost every part of your cognition. Also, the right way to merge cars on a highway.

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And one of the world's leading AI researchers explains what many of us don't understand about artificial intelligence. I suspect many people misunderstand about artificial

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