A gush of money from corporations, foundations, and others was given to EmbraceRace in the wake of George Floyd’s murder. Now the group is looking to keep the funds flowing to help fight racism.
IBEC researchers discover the neural mechanism of autonomous learning
Thanks to the so-called deep learning, a subset of artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms inspired by the brain, machines can match human performance in perception and language recognition and even outperform humans in certain tasks. But do these synthetic biologically inspired systems learn in the same way that we do?
According to a new article by first author Dr. Diogo Santos-Pata from the Synthetic Perceptive, Emotive and Cognitive Systems lab (SPECS) at IBEC led by ICREA Professor Paul Verschure, in collaboration with Prof. Ivan Soltesz at Stanford University, the mechanism of autonomous learning underlying these AI systems reflects nature more closely than previously thought. With their hypothesis and model, these scientists offer new insights into how we learn and store memories.
Credit: Brainx3.com, SPECS lab.
Thanks to the so-called deep learning, a subset of artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms inspired by the brain, machines can match human performance in perception and language recognition and even outperform humans in certain tasks. But do these synthetic biologically inspired systems learn in the same way that we do?
According to a new article by first author Dr. Diogo Santos-Pata from the Synthetic Perceptive, Emotive and Cognitive Systems lab (SPECS) at IBEC led by ICREA Professor Paul Verschure, in collaboration with Prof. Ivan Soltesz at Stanford University, the mechanism of autonomous learning underlying these AI systems reflects nature more closely than previously thought. With their hypothesis and model, these scientists offer new insights into how we learn and store memories.
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The decision to donate to a charity is often driven by emotion rather than by calculated assessments based on how to make the biggest impact. In a review article published on April 29 in the journal
Trends in Cognitive Sciences, researchers look at what they call the psychology of (in)effective altruism and how people can be encouraged to direct their charitable contributions in ways that allow them to get more bang for the buck and help them to have a larger influence. In the past, most behavioral science research that s looked at charitable giving has focused on quantity and how people might be motivated to give more money to charity, or to give at all, says first author Lucius Caviola (@LuciusCaviola), a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Psychology at Harvard University. Our paper focuses on the effectiveness of giving how people decide which charity to give to and ways that people can be motivated to give to charities that are more effective.
Creating communication magic, without tricks
Successful healthcare communications need to bring their audience on the journey as a willing and cognisant partner
I was recently reading an interesting article published in
Trends in Cognitive Sciences, which was also picked up by the mainstream media.
The topic was Mind Control Tricks: Magician’s Forcing and Free Will. Like most people I am enthralled and often baffled by magicians, both in close-up settings and on the stage. Magic makes great entertainment and in engaging with a magic show I know I am being ‘tricked’, but enjoy the experience and the mental conundrum of ‘How did they do that?!’.