One of these is a power drill by Chris Baraniuk in NewScientist 270419
AI uses one method to do object recognition; humans use two. Everyone is familiar with the AI...
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Did hominins evolve in Europe by Colin Barras in NewScientist 20 April 2010
The history of human evolution takes another twist. New research suggests that mankind’s hominin...
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Has religion been good or bad for humanity by Harvey Whitehouse? in NewScientist 6 April 2019
It rather depends on how you define good and bad. Whitehouse asks whether religion has played an...
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Chimps are losing their culture by Michael Marshall in NewScientist 16 March 2019
Chimps are losing their cultural diversity due to too many humans. Researchers have shown a clear...
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How AI Will Go Out Of Control According To 52 Experts by CBInsights 19 February 2019
Give yourself a cheap thrill reading about AI’s potential to wipe us out. This is a wonderful...
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Chimp signals a bit like human speech in NewScientist 23 February 2019
Maybe human language is not as distinctive as previously thought. Researchers have been looking at...
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Robots that look after grandma in The Economist 16 February 2019
Demand for multi-purpose robots is rising, unlike supply. Two recent research studies have...
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Angels and Demons by Richard Wrangham in NewScientist 16 February 2019
Language enabled early man to develop social tolerance. Wrangham has written a summary of the...
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Brain study probes primate software by Alison Abbott in Nature 24 January 2019
Neurons in the primate brain work differently as between monkeys and humans. It is generally...
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Algorithms are just too easy a bogeyman for volatile markets by David Siegel in FT 22 January 2019
Algorithmic thinking has its place. Whilst the article was written for a financial audience, it...
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Rogue traders by Daniel Cossins in NewScientist 22 December 2018
Fungi can do economics too. Cossins describes three pieces of research that show that non-human...
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Quora answer to Is reinforcement learning a dead end? by Sridhar Mahadevan
Trenchant critique of reinforcement learning. Mahadevan, a fellow of the AAAI, sets out his...
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Uber has cracked two classic ’80s video games by Will Knight in MIT Technology Review 26 November 2018
New algorithm makes up for intermittent reinforcement. In most games, a machine learning algorithm...
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‘Mini brains’ show human-like activity by Sara Reardon in Nature 22 November 2018
Cortical tissue in a Petri dish makes waves. Scientists have cultured stem cells to form clumps of...
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The plant whisperer by Joshua Howgego in NewScientist 24 November 2018
Plants can learn and memorise. Evolutionary ecologist, Monica Gagliano, has managed to demonstrate...
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Beyond fast and slow by Madeleine Finlay in NewScientist 17 November 2018
Critiquing Kahneman’s Thinking, fast and slow. Daniel Kahneman popularised the idea that...
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Will robots kill us by Stephen Hawking in Sunday Times 14 October 2018
The existential risk lies in AI drivers and goals. Hawking rightly points out the distinct...
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FT Big Read Artificial Intelligence by Richard Waters in Financial Times 10 October 2018
Mid-term report on AI paints a cooperative picture. The story here is that AI will work most...
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Thoughts laid bare by Timothy Revell in NewScientist 29 September 2018
Could AI help us discover where consciousness lies in the brain? Some of the world’s big...
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Machine Learning Confronts the Elephant in the Room by Kevin Hartnett in Quanta Magazine 20 September 2018
Machine learning has yet to grow up. Machine learning is like a primary school child. It has...
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