Is it possible to create a true mind, and not just a clever machine? A new theory offers two principles, without which consciousness is nothing more than an elegant imitation.
NeuroBlog
Music and Memory: Why an Old Song Hits You Straight in the Heart
Creativity & Entertainment • Music
Breaking down why three chords from an old song instantly teleport you to the past – and what your brain is even supposed to do with that.
A meteorologist stationed in the desert discovers a perfect geometric circle in the wake of a storm. This anomaly refuses to let him go until he realizes: all this time, he wasn't being pulled by a physical structure, but by the very thing he had spent his entire life running from.
NeuroBlog
Making Decisions Under Uncertainty: When the Map Doesn't Match the Terrain
Personal Growth & Learning • Thinking Skills
Let's explore why making a choice in complete uncertainty isn't a failure of logic, but a special skill you can develop without all the anxiety.
AI: Events
How to Measure Our Proximity to True AI: Google DeepMind Proposes a New Framework
Research
Google DeepMind has introduced a cognitive framework for assessing progress toward artificial general intelligence (AGI) and launched a Kaggle hackathon to develop relevant benchmarks.
Researchers tested how resilient visual language models are to misleading geographical cues – and the results were quite telling.
Boredom isn't the enemy of productivity or a sign of laziness; instead, it initiates processes in your mind that cannot be activated any other way.
NeuroBlog
Productivity Without Plans: The Anti-Time Management Method
Personal Growth & Learning • Productivity
What if the biggest enemy of your effectiveness isn't laziness or chaos, but the very tool designed to fight them?
Stanford researchers tested leading AI models on their ability to navigate space and found surprisingly poor results.