Artificial intelligence is increasingly appearing in art, language, and myths – but does this mean it has already become part of our culture, or is it merely reflecting our fears?
The famous thought experiment about the cat has long been a meme – but few have actually dug into what physicists meant and where reality ends.
NeuroBlog
When “Genius” Is a Script: Why We Believe in the Image, Not the Person
Psychology & Society • Social Psychology
Public figures craft the image of a «genius» using marketing and narrative, and we willingly accept this illusion as reality, often failing to notice the mechanisms behind its formation.
An exploration of the nature of predictability in art through the prism of historical memory, rituals, and the human need to repeat the familiar.
NeuroBlog
How Collective Memory Turns the Sky into a Canvas for Our Fears and Hopes
Psychology & Society • Social Psychology
Thousands have seen flying saucers, but what if this isn't about space, but about the mechanics of our collective need to believe?
NeuroBlog
When Machines Write Myths About Themselves: Confessions of an Internet That Forgot What Is Real
Artificial intelligence • Social Impact
Neural networks have flooded the web with their texts, passing themselves off as humans. Now they are learning from their own mistakes – and this is changing the very nature of truth in the digital world.
NeuroBlog
When the Algorithm Feels Butterflies in the Processor
Artificial intelligence • AI Emotions
Is love brain chemistry or something more? We explore whether artificial intelligence is capable of experiencing that very feeling that makes us human.
NeuroBlog
The Empty Playground: A Meditation on Games Without Rules
Creativity & Entertainment • Games
A philosophical inquiry into the dream of a rule-less game, exploring the very human desire to transcend our limitations.
NeuroBlog
SILMARILLION: Why This Book Is Absolutely WRECKING Tolkien Fans (And How To Survive Past Chapter One)
Creativity & Entertainment • Literature
We're breaking down WHY Tolkien's toughest read became a total cult classic, how to get through it without learning Elvish, and if we'll ever get a movie adaptation in this lifetime!