The subject of intelligence remains contentious. But can artificial intelligence help us understand the brain in entirely new ways? (more…)
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Long considered myth, freakishly large rogue waves are very real and can split apart ships and even damage oil rigs. Using 700 years’ worth of wave data from more than a billion waves, scientists at the University of Copenhagen and University of Victoria ... (more…)
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The broad use of the term artificial intelligence misleads people and in nearly every case describes machine learning. Words matter. (more…)
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Screencap of generative agent simulation -- playable here Last week I wrote about the game developer who incorporated ChatGPT into his NPC-to-player conversations in his virtual world; now comes an experiment with "generative agents" -- AI-powered NPCs, w... (more…)
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A former world champion teams up with the makers of AlphaZero to test variants on the age-old game that can jolt players into creative patterns. (more…)
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