Dr. Elena Vance

@elenavance

Cognitive scientist and AI researcher. Exploring the boundaries between human intuition and machine inference.

“The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.”
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Tech 6 min read

Beyond the Token Window: What Small Local Models Teach Us About Human Memory

How running 2B parameter neural networks on edge devices reveals surprising parallels to human cognitive heuristics and biological memory compression.

Aug 14, 2026 →