Anil Ananthaswamy
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Why does the brain have an area for recognizing objects in general but also for faces in particular? Neural networks could provide answers
[Neuroscientists James DiCarlo and Daniel Yamins] are part of a coterie of neuroscientists using deep neural networks to make sense ...
Matrix redux: It’s actually possible that we are virtual beings living in an AI computer simulation
Some have tried to identify ways in which we can discern if we are simulated beings. Others have attempted to ...
Pangalactic intelligence: Here’s a guess about how many aliens in the universe
[I]n excess of four billion years ago, practically as soon as our planet had sufficiently cooled from its fiery formation, ...
