Language Models

Language Models

A digital illustration of a human brain outlined in white, composed of circuit-like lines, set against a black background with scattered white dots resembling stars.
Neuroscientist Anil Seth on the deep differences between human minds and artificial ones.
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Moltbook is a social media site built for conversation — but not for humans.
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“What's really interesting about neural networks is the way that they think or the way that they operate is a lot like human intuition”
Two faceless busts face each other. One, representing AI, has digital lines on its face, while the other exudes cognitive meaning with flowers and leaves emerging from its surface.
Cognitive neuroscientist and AI researcher Christopher Summerfield explores the differences, and similarities, of how AI and humans make meaning of the world.
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A simple plate of vegetables has found the gaping blindspots in generative AI, and points the way to fixing them.
Portrait of an older man with a beard wearing a hat, depicted in purple tones, with scientific and alchemical symbols in the background, capturing the essence of a truth machine.
Why human attempts to mechanize logic keep breaking down.
A woman, channeling her best ai humor, is holding a microphone in front of a purple background.
The secret sauce of humor is incongruity. AI knows this as well as we do.
Can ChatGPT help you power through writer's block?
Despite their brief history, computers and AI have fundamentally changed what we see, what we know, and what we do.
The AI is helping Twitter users plot movies, design meal plans, and more.
It is all too easy for humans to fall into the cognitive trap of thinking that an entity that can use language fluently is sentient or intelligent.
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GPT-3, which features 175 billion parameters, just might fool you in a conversation.
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From textiles and transportation to chemicals and microchips, a group of researchers proposes a new way to measure the impact of innovation.