Tag: Core Knowledge

2 articles

Born Pre-loaded

Babies know more than they should. AI knows less than it seems. The nativism-empiricism debate — is the mind born equipped or built from scratch? — turns out to be the organizing fault line of both developmental neuroscience and modern AI architecture.

Lina Chae·March 28, 2026

Embodied Cognition & AI

Babies Do Math Before They Can Count

Babies detect mathematical impossibilities before they can say a number. AI systems that ace calculus stumble on the quantity-sense that infants master without instruction. Here's what the gap tells us about the architecture of learning.

Raf Delgado·March 16, 2026