Cognition & AI
Your Kid Is Not Random
Children’s curiosity can look chaotic, but research suggests their exploration follows a learning logic that parents can support without over-controlling.
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Children’s curiosity can look chaotic, but research suggests their exploration follows a learning logic that parents can support without over-controlling.
A five-year-old adjusting the wrong wheel on a cardboard car for twenty minutes, a toddler reaching for a moved toy in the wrong spot, an AI model locked onto its training distribution — they all share the same problem. Here's what genuine cognitive flexibility actually requires, and why it's one of the hardest things any mind can do.
