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Intuitive physics as probabilistic inference

Jan 1, 2024·
K. Smith
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J. Hamrick
,
A. Sanborn
,
P. Battaglia
,
T. Gerstenberg
,
T. Ullman
,
J. Tenenbaum
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Bayesian models of cognition: reverse engineering the mind
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