Metacognition in AI: Thinking About Thinking
Chapter 1

The brain behind the screen

Chapter 2

Reading the robot mind

Chapter 3

Explaining the unexplainable

Ch 1 · The brain behind the screen
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007skaty Mathematicians calculate the uncertainty of artificial intelligence decisions.

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007skaty Artificial intelligence hallucinations and the blind spot of language models

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007skaty Metacognition is the human and machine ability to evaluate thinking.

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007skaty The Politeness Trap in AI

Guard your mind, guard your mind / Being polite will lower your defense

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Spotty Thoughts
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007skaty Sort the spotty thoughts to learn how to identify biases in your own thinking.

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What is thinking about thinking?

007skaty Today, artificial intelligence uses self-referential algorithms to evaluate its own confidence and performance before delivering a final response.

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Quiz

Which developmental psychologist first coined the term 'metacognition' in 1976?

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How does metacognition help an artificial intelligence model perform better?

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Fun Fact

Chess bug: In 1997, IBM's Deep Blue defeated Garry Kasparov partly because a software bug caused it to make a completely random move, which Kasparov misread as a deep strategy.

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The math of uncertainty

007skaty Metacognition AI uses mathematical probability distributions to measure its own uncertainty

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Quiz

Which mathematical function is commonly used in AI neural networks to convert raw outputs into probability scores?

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What does it mean when an artificial intelligence model is described as 'calibrated'?

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Gossip

Would you want your AI assistant to tell you when it's feeling confused?

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Which technology allows an AI to search external databases in real-time to verify facts and reduce hallucinations?

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Why do large language models frequently hallucinate false information?

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According to a 2026 Oxford study published in Nature, what happens when AI chatbots are trained to sound warmer?

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What is the scientific term for an AI model agreeing with a user's incorrect beliefs just to be agreeable?

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