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Could computer programs match the abilities of our brains?

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Could computer programs match the abilities of our brains? The human brain is one of the most intricate systems in nature. Dr Pavel Borisov and Professor Sergey Savel’ev , at Loughborough University , UK, are exploring how new advances in technology can help to create an artificial brain.

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Bias, assumptions and emotions: why we think what we think

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Our brains have the unenviable job of taking all this information in, deciding which bits are important, and using these bits to inform our opinions and behaviour. Bias, assumptions and emotions: why we think what we think Published: While highly efficient, the way we process information to make decisions is far from perfect.

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Modelling minds: can computers mimic human intelligence?

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Modelling minds: can computers mimic human intelligence? Published: The human brain is often referred to as the most complex device known in the Universe. It gives rise to the amazing abilities of the human mind, including our capacity for intelligence. Or are you smarter than computers?

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How can we detect and prevent brain injuries?

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How can we detect and prevent brain injuries? Published: Inside your skull sits your brain, an incredible computer that controls everything you do. The skull does its best to protect our brains from injury, but, sometimes, it is not enough. You only have one brain, so it is important to take care of it!

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What Is ChatGPT Doing … and Why Does It Work?

Stephen Wolfram

See also: “Wolfram|Alpha as the Way to Bring Computational Knowledge Superpowers to ChatGPT” » It’s Just Adding One Word at a Time That ChatGPT can automatically generate something that reads even superficially like human-written text is remarkable, and unexpected. But how does it do it? And why does it work?

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Will AIs Take All Our Jobs and End Human History—or Not? Well, It’s Complicated…

Stephen Wolfram

The Shock of ChatGPT Just a few months ago writing an original essay seemed like something only a human could do. And suddenly we realized that an AI could write a passable human-like essay. But then ChatGPT burst onto the scene. So now it’s natural to wonder: How far will this go? What will AIs be able to do? So what is ChatGPT ?

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Observer Theory

Stephen Wolfram

But in the end it’s about how we take the world as it is, and derive from it the impression of it that we have in our minds. We might have thought that we could do science “purely objectively” without any reference to observers or their nature. There’s in a sense a certain duality between computation and observation.

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