Samuel J. Gershman

1. Building Machines That Learn and Think Like People
   2016/04/01 by Brenden M. Lake, Lake, Brenden M., Tomer D. Ullman +5 · 7 voices
   #cs.AI #cs.CV #cs.LG #cs.NE #stat.ML
2. Deep Successor Reinforcement Learning
   2016/06/08 by Tejas D. Kulkarni, Kulkarni, Tejas D., Ardavan Saeedi +5 · 1 voice · 29 citations
   Computer Science · Decision Sciences · Neuroscience · #Reinforcement Learning in Robotics #Advanced Bandit Algorithms Research #Neural dynamics and brain function
3. Key-value memory in the brain
   2025/01/06 by Samuel J. Gershman, Gershman, Samuel J., Ila Fiete +3 · 5 voices · 8 citations
   Computer Science · #Cognitive Science and Mapping #cs.AI #cs.LG #q-bio.NC
4. Human-Level Reinforcement Learning through Theory-Based Modeling, Exploration, and Planning
   2021/07/26 by Pedro A. Tsividis, Joao Loula, Tsividis, Pedro A. +14 · 1 voice · 5 citations
   Computer Science · Economics, Econometrics and Finance · #Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI) #Artificial Intelligence in Games #Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) #FOS: Computer and information sciences #Reinforcement Learning in Robotics #Sports Analytics and Performance #cs.AI
5. Grokking as the Transition from Lazy to Rich Training Dynamics
   2023/10/09 by Tanishq Kumar, Blake Bordelon, Kumar, Tanishq +5 · 14 citations
   Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn) #FOS: Computer and information sciences #FOS: Physical sciences #Machine Learning (cs.LG) #Machine Learning (stat.ML) #Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing #Quantum many-body systems #Stochastic Gradient Optimization Techniques
6. Blending Complementary Memory Systems in Hybrid Quadratic-Linear Transformers
   2025/05/31 by Kazuki Irie, Morris Yau, Irie, Kazuki +3 · 1 voice · 7 citations
   Engineering · Computer Science · #Advanced Memory and Neural Computing #Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques #Advanced Data Storage Technologies
7. General Intelligence Requires Reward-based Pretraining
   2025/02/26 by Seungwook Han, Han, Seungwook, Jyothish Pari +5 · 2 voices · 5 citations
   Computer Science · Materials Science · #Multimodal Machine Learning Applications #Machine Learning in Materials Science #Natural Language Processing Techniques
8. Predictive representations: building blocks of intelligence
   2024/02/09 by Wilka Carvalho, Momchil S. Tomov, Carvalho, Wilka +7 · 1 voice · 3 citations
   Computer Science · Neuroscience · #Cognitive Science and Education Research #Embodied and Extended Cognition #Reinforcement Learning in Robotics #cs.AI #cs.LG
9. Building machines that learn and think like people
   2016/11/24 by Brenden M. Lake, Tomer D. Ullman, Tomer Ullman +2 · 4 citations
   Computer Science · #Domain Adaptation and Few-Shot Learning #Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) #Time Series Analysis and Forecasting
10. When Does Model-Based Control Pay Off?
    2016/08/26 by Wouter Kool, Fiery Cushman, Samuel J. Gershman · 1 voice · 1 citation
    Decision Sciences · Neuroscience · Psychology · #Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics #Mental Health Research Topics #Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
11. Synthesizing world models for bilevel planning
    2025/03/26 by Zergham Ahmed, Joshua B. Tenenbaum, Ahmed, Zergham +6 · 3 voices · 4 citations
    Computer Science · #Natural Language Processing Techniques
12. Assessing Adaptive World Models in Machines with Novel Games
    2025/07/17 by Lance Ying, Ying, Lance, Katherine M. Collins +28 · 2 voices · 6 citations
    Computer Science · #Artificial Intelligence in Games #Computability, Logic, AI Algorithms #Reinforcement Learning in Robotics #cs.AI #cs.LG
13. Online learning of symbolic concepts
    2017/02/23 by Pratiksha Thaker, Joshua B. Tenenbaum, Samuel J. Gershman · 1 citation
    Computer Science · #Evolutionary Algorithms and Applications #Machine Learning and Algorithms #Music and Audio Processing
14. Fast weight programming and linear transformers: from machine learning to neurobiology
    2025/08/11 by Kazuki Irie, Samuel J. Gershman · 4 voices · 1 citation
    #cs.LG #cs.AI #q-bio.NC
15. How should the advent of large language models affect the practice of science?
    2023/12/05 by Marcel Binz, Stephan Alaniz, Binz, Marcel +33 · 2 voices · 1 citation
    #cs.CL #cs.AI #cs.CY #cs.DL
16. The molecular memory code and synaptic plasticity: a synthesis
    2022/09/11 by Samuel J. Gershman, Gershman, Samuel J. · 1 citation
    Neuroscience · #FOS: Biological sciences #Memory and Neural Mechanisms #Molecular Networks (q-bio.MN) #Neural dynamics and brain function #Neurons and Cognition (q-bio.NC) #Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
17. Collaborative decision making is grounded in representations of other people’s competence and effort.
    2023/03/06 by Yang Xiang, Natalia Vélez, Samuel J. Gershman · 1 citation
    Decision Sciences · Psychology · Social Sciences · #Child and Animal Learning Development #Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics #Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies
18. Preemptive Solving of Future Problems: Multitask Preplay in Humans and Machines
    2025/07/08 by Wilka Carvalho, Sam Hall-McMaster, Carvalho, Wilka +5 · 3 voices · 2 citations
    Computer Science · Psychology · #Reinforcement Learning in Robotics #Social Robot Interaction and HRI #Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI)
19. The molecular memory code and synaptic plasticity: A synthesis
    2023/01/04 by Samuel J. Gershman · 1 voice · 2 citations
    Neuroscience · #Memory and Neural Mechanisms #Neural dynamics and brain function #Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
20. Subjective functions
    2025/12/17 by Samuel J. Gershman, Gershman, Samuel J. · 1 voice · 1 citation
    Computer Science · Neuroscience · #Psychiatry, Mental Health, Neuroscience #Embodied and Extended Cognition #Computability, Logic, AI Algorithms
21. Learning Abstractions for Hierarchical Planning in Program-Synthesis Agents
    2026/01/31 by Zergham Ahmed, Kazuki Irie, Joshua B. Tenenbaum +2 · 2 voices
    #cs.AI
22. AI Gamestore: Scalable, Open-Ended Evaluation of Machine General Intelligence with Human Games
    2026/02/19 by Lance Ying, Ryan Truong, Prafull Sharma +9 · 4 voices
    Computer Science · #cs.AI
23. Artificial intelligence for science: The easy and hard problems
    2024/08/24 by Ruairidh M. Battleday, Battleday, Ruairidh M., Samuel J. Gershman +1 · 4 voices
    Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Computer Science · #Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI) #FOS: Biological sciences #FOS: Computer and information sciences #Machine Learning (cs.LG) #Neurons and Cognition (q-bio.NC) #cs.AI #cs.LG #q-bio.NC
24. Pragmatic Reasoning in Design
    2026/07/28 by Lance Ying, William Van Uitert, Tan Zhi-Xuan +2
    Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Computer Science · #cs.HC #q-bio.NC
25. Using Theory of Mind to Arbitrate between Social and Non-social Learning
    2026/07/30 by Lance Ying, Ryan Truong, Joshua B. Tenenbaum +1
    Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Computer Science · #cs.MA #q-bio.NC