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Why I'm deeply sceptical about comparisons between humans and machines

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Why I'm deeply sceptical about comparisons between humans and machines

Humans learn very differently to machines, thanks to our biased, malleable memory – and that's a good thing, says Charan Ranganath, director of the Dynamic Memory Lab at the University of California, Davis

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Dating apps should fix their problems before saddling us with new ones

Technology

Dating apps should fix their problems before saddling us with new ones

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Why an increasing belief in alien visitations is a real-world problem

Society

Why an increasing belief in alien visitations is a real-world problem

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These interstellar spaceship designs are wildly impractical

Space

These interstellar spaceship designs are wildly impractical

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The human sense of smell is quite good, and matters more than you know

Mind

The human sense of smell is quite good, and matters more than you know

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What's next in the fight against malaria?

Health

What's next in the fight against malaria?

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Children are being overlooked in conversations about AI

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Children are being overlooked in conversations about AI

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The problems with Dry January – and what you could try doing instead

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The problems with Dry January – and what you could try doing instead

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How the covid-19 pandemic distorted our experience of time

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How the covid-19 pandemic distorted our experience of time

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Should chatbots have rights – and should we care?

Technology

Should chatbots have rights – and should we care?

Some prominent researchers argue that we should pay heed to the welfare of AIs. Are they right, wonders Alex Wilkins

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Health

Five years after the first covid-19 cases, there are lessons to learn

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Technology

Don’t be fooled by Elon Musk’s chatty Optimus robots

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Society

Our trust in society is eroding. We need to fight back

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Technology

Bluesky is ushering in a pick-your-own algorithm era of social media

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