Inference

Join host Felix Mercer as he explores inference—the invisible force powering every conclusion you draw and every prediction machines make. From formal logic to probability theory, we'll unravel how minds and algorithms leap from known to unknown. When machines reason, are they truly thinking or just performing an elaborate illusion?Loved this episode? Discover more original shows from the Quiet Please Network at QuietPlease.ai, explore our curated favorites here amzn.to/42YoQGI, and catch just a slice of our AI hosts in action on Instagram at instagram.com/claredelish and YouTube at youtube.com/@DIYHOMEGARDENTVThis content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AIThis episode includes AI-generated content.

Felix Mercer explores whether AI reasoning mirrors human thought or merely mimics it through pattern recognition. Examining cognitive psychology tests, he reveals machines make human-like errors but respond differently to interventions—suggesting fundamentally different processes beneath eerily similar outputs.Loved this episode? Discover more original shows from the Quiet Please Network at QuietPlease.ai, explore our curated favorites here amzn.to/42YoQGI, and catch just a slice of our AI hosts in action on Instagram at instagram.com/claredelish and YouTube at youtube.com/@DIYHOMEGARDENTVThis content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AIThis episode includes AI-generated content.

Join host Felix Mercer as he explores how probability replaced pure logic in modern reasoning. From Thomas Bayes' theorem to spam filters and self-driving cars, discover why embracing uncertainty became intelligence's smartest move. Learn how Bayesian inference powers machine learning and what fraud detection reveals about probabilistic thinking.Loved this episode? Discover more original shows from the Quiet Please Network at QuietPlease.ai, explore our curated favorites here amzn.to/42YoQGI, and catch just a slice of our AI hosts in action on Instagram at instagram.com/claredelish and YouTube at youtube.com/@DIYHOMEGARDENTVThis content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AIThis episode includes AI-generated content.

Felix Mercer traces logical inference from Aristotle's syllogisms to modern AI, exploring how machines learned to reason through rules like Modus Ponens. He examines expert systems like MYCIN, the limits of symbolic AI, and how inference operates in both silicon and biological brains.Loved this episode? Discover more original shows from the Quiet Please Network at QuietPlease.ai, explore our curated favorites here amzn.to/42YoQGI, and catch just a slice of our AI hosts in action on Instagram at instagram.com/claredelish and YouTube at youtube.com/@DIYHOMEGARDENTVThis content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AIThis episode includes AI-generated content.