{"ID":2863087,"CreatedAt":"2026-06-01T04:54:23.091178241Z","UpdatedAt":"2026-06-01T04:54:23.091178241Z","DeletedAt":null,"paper_url":"https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.03311","arxiv_id":"2510.03311","title":"Not Even Wrong: On the Limits of Prediction as Explanation in Cognitive Science","abstract":"We offer a comment on the Centaur (Binz et al., 2025) transformer-based model of human behavior. In particular, Centaur was cast as a path towards unified theories of cognition. We offer a counter claim with supporting argument: Centaur is a path divergent from unified theories of cognition, one that moves towards a unified model of behavior sans cognition.","short_abstract":"We offer a comment on the Centaur (Binz et al., 2025) transformer-based model of human behavior. In particular, Centaur was cast as a path towards unified theories of cognition. We offer a counter claim with supporting argument: Centaur is a path divergent from unified theories of cognition, one that moves towards a un...","url_abs":"https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.03311","url_pdf":"https://arxiv.org/pdf/2510.03311v1","authors":"[\"Mark Orr\",\"Drew Cranford\",\"Ken Ford\",\"Kevin Gluck\",\"Will Hancock\",\"Christian Lebiere\",\"Pete Pirolli\",\"Frank Ritter\",\"Andrea Stocco\"]","published":"2025-09-30T20:23:44Z","proceeding":"q-bio.NC","tasks":"[\"q-bio.NC\"]","methods":"[\"Transformer\"]","has_code":false}