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Reuben Cohn-Gordon

Writer and AI Researcher, Palo Alto, California

Reuben Cohn-Gordon is a writer and AI researcher who applies machine learning techniques to Bayesian models of language and vision. He lives in Amsterdam.

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Written by Reuben Cohn-Gordon

A black and white photograph shows a woman on the edge of a sand dune overlooking the sea leaning back into a strong wind

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Cathedrals of convention

Humans have a strong impulse to see things that are arbitrary or conventional as natural and essential – especially language

Reuben Cohn-Gordon