But of course, anyone that has looked into machine learning and AI concepts she uses for these claims would see that computer are absolute failures when it comes to domain-general thinking: They can't think outside of the domain “box” that they have been designed to address (think self-driving cars which have excellent visual perspicacity but no way of adapting to new ways of driving like drifting or stunt car driving, let alone how to play chess or create an artwork). Long story short, it’s not perfect, but hear me out, this may prove to be a great read for the right kind of person. And that it’s OK to feel weird in other parts, because I know that this part will anchor me in feeling human for the rest of my life. Indeed, inductive and deductive reasoning both have their place depending on the domain; and more often than not, the most useful mode of thinking combines the two. At the core of this memoir is an exposition of human nature written from the perspective of an individual who always felt like she was on the outside looking in.

From her point of view seems to mean mainly comparing human interactions to phenomena in biochemistry, which may be insightful for people who know more than I do about biochemistry, but since I don't, it was a matter of explaining something I already more or less understand - human behaviour - in terms of something I don't. However, I did enjoy reading about how such metaphors have helped the author to understand the world around her more clearly. While gripped with Camilla's daily struggles and her excellent approach to humans I was a bit shocked to find that I had done some of the things she did. As the author herself notes, it’s rather contradictive and counterintuitive, yet it is the way she is. On thinking outside the box, Millie likens the process of decision-making to machine learning, where “algorithms excel by their ability to be unstructured, to thrive amid complexity and randomness and respond effectively to changes in circumstances.

Also some of the handwritten diagram annotations were not easy to read, so overall the diagram/doodles didn't add much to the book.

I thought I was, since I am the parent of an adult daughter with Asperger's Syndrome and the author is also on the spectrum and only a few years older than my daughter. Exactly what it promises, the instruction manual to human behaviour explained in a concept us science nerds can understand.I have worked with autistic children whose coordination of mind with body was much more evidently a more serious problem but she felt like an extra-terrestrial having to cope with the unfathomable behaviour of human beings. Consider că această teorie este fascinantă, deoarece demonstrează, încă o dată, cât de importantă este capacitatea ființei umane de a coopera și de a căuta oamenii alături de care să găsească fericirea, dar și calea către atingerea unei desăvârșiri în doi. The promise of Pang’s book is a neurodivergent perspective on seemingly natural and mundane aspects of social life—and the possible advantages that such a perspective might offer if neurotypicals were to alter their behaviors.