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The brain may learn about the world the same way some computational models do [MIT News]
October 30, 2023
Two studies find “self-supervised” models, which learn about their environment from unlabeled data, can show activity patterns similar to those of the mammalian brain.
Anne Trafton | MIT News
To make our way through the world,...
Temasek’s Xora backs Cosmos Innovation’s next-generation solar cell technology [TechCrunch]
October 19, 2023
Perovskite silicon tandem solar cell technology is a mouthful, but it’s basically perovskite crystals layered on top of silicon cells. The combination captures energy from the sun more efficiently than traditional silicon cells,...
New technique helps robots pack objects into a tight space
October 17, 2023
Researchers coaxed a family of generative AI models to work together to solve multistep robot manipulation problems.
Adam Zewe | MIT News
Anyone who has ever tried to pack a family-sized amount of luggage into a sedan-sized trunk...
Study: Deep neural networks don’t see the world the way we do
October 16, 2023
Images that humans perceive as completely unrelated can be classified as the same by computational models.
Anne Trafton | MIT News
Human sensory systems are very good at recognizing objects that we see or words that we hear, even...
Multi-AI collaboration helps reasoning and factual accuracy in large language models [MIT News]
September 18, 2023
Researchers use multiple AI models to collaborate, debate, and improve their reasoning abilities to advance the performance of LLMs while increasing accountability and factual accuracy.
Rachel Gordon | MIT CSAIL
An age-old adage...
Large language models aren’t people. Let’s stop testing them as if they were. [MIT Technology Review]
August 30, 2023
With hopes and fears about this technology running wild, it's time to agree on what it can and can't do.
By Will Douglas Heaven
When Taylor Webb played around with GPT-3 in early 2022, he was blown away by what OpenAI’s large...
Sparse Models, The Math, And A New Theory For Ground-Breaking AI [Forbes]
August 17, 2023
John Werner - Contributor [I am an MIT Senior Fellow, 5x-founder & VC investing in AI]
Get ready for a lot of math…!
We have sort of an intuitive understanding of a big need in artificial intelligence and machine learning,...
Summer research offers a springboard to advanced studies [MIT News]
August 16, 2023
Three graduate students forged a path to the same Picower Institute lab through participating in the MIT Summer Research Program in Biology and Neuroscience.
David Orenstein | The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory...
Images in the Mind’s Eye Are Quick Sketches That Lack Simple, Real-World Details [Scientific American]
July 20, 2023
Pictures conjured by the mind’s eye lack detail, despite how vividly you picture them
By Simon Makin 
Here were the simple instructions given by a Harvard University assistant professor to people participating in a recent...
Making algorithm used in AI more human-like {The Harvard Gazette]
July 12, 2023
Researchers used fMRI to test ideas about complex decision-making
By Christy DeSmith, Harvard Staff Writer
How does the human brain navigate complex circumstances — say, driving through Harvard Square traffic at 5 p.m.?
One...

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