Biological Cognition vs. AI Instinct | Rana Gujral

The text analyzes human cognition not as a flawed computer, but as a biologically optimized system regulating the relationship between the organism and its environment. Drawing on Herbert Simon's theory of bounded rationality and the research of Kahneman and Tversky, the author argues that human heuristics are not logical errors, but efficient adaptations to a world of finite resources. Unlike AI, humans do not strive for utility maximization, but for 'satisficing,' which results from the metabolic and temporal costs of information processing. The difference between biological and artificial systems thus lies in different cost architectures and evolutionary histories, rather than in the mere fact of being limited.