as in perceptions
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conscious mental activities; the activities of thinking, understanding, learning, and remembering
disabilities affecting cognition and judgment
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Recent Examples of cognitions
In an interview last year, for example, Hinton warned the technology could eventually take control of humanity, with AI agents in particular potentially able to mirror human cognitions within the decade.
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Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
3 Apr. 2026
Instead, computers became powerful enough that AIs can be churned out by gradient descent, without any human needing to understand the cognitions that grow inside.
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Nate Soares,
The Atlantic,
15 Sep. 2025
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
3 Apr. 2026
Instead, computers became powerful enough that AIs can be churned out by gradient descent, without any human needing to understand the cognitions that grow inside.
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Nate Soares,
The Atlantic,
15 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cognitions
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According to an insider with decades of dealings with the director, Spielberg is well aware of perceptions of his commercial cold streak and specifically set about to reverse course with Disclosure Day.
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To create its 10-point Solo Travel Risk Index, the company examined a range of factors that can shape the solo travel experience, including residents' perceptions of personal safety, healthcare quality and accessibility, peace and safety indices, environmental risks, and internet connectivity.
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Interviewers often leave meetings with random observations scribbled on a notepad.
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The comic was partially inspired by Tamaki’s observations of students during teaching at the New York City School of Visual Arts, or just small frustrations.
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In that grandest of country music traditions, the Disarmers’ songs were honest reflections of the blackout-chasing lives the members were living, but that changed when Shook got sober in 2019.
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This level of self-awareness can be developed through psychometric assessments and structured reflections to surface patterns.
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Thus, the cisgendered body and heterosexuality are a dynamic instead of a foundation to our conceptions of Black motherhood.
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Users could compare the two and get a window into their own conceptions of the game.
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Whiteson, particle physicist at CERN's Large Hadron Collider and professor at UC Irvine, joins us to explore less conventional thoughts on first contact.
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One graduate’s thoughts When Christopher Yee arrived at ELAC in 2010, journalism wasn’t on his mind.
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Much of the show is something of a Studio Gang retrospective that demonstrates just how important these concepts have been throughout Gang’s career.
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Many companies are also exploring aneutronic fusion concepts, which seek to reduce neutron production and simplify reactor materials and maintenance compared with traditional deuterium-tritium designs.
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“Cognitions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cognitions. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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