The brain may be about to have its Ozempic moment(economist.com)

76 points by andsoitis 2 months ago | 116 comments

Artificial brains help understand real brains(economist.com)

79 points by Jeff_Brown 3 years ago | 40 comments

How Iran is making a mint from the current war(economist.com)

33 points by Jimmc414 6 months ago | 39 comments

An adult fruit fly brain has been mapped(economist.com)

548 points by teleforce 2 years ago | 178 comments

The Economist article reporting that a complete connectome of an adult fruit fly brain has been mapped, and discussing prospects for mapping human brains.

China's 200M gig workers are a warning for the world(economist.com)

51 points by miohtama 1 year ago | 101 comments

Is playing music good for the brain?(economist.com)

12 points by andsoitis 7 months ago | 3 comments

Human brains are preconfigured with instructions for understanding the world(news.ucsc.edu)

414 points by XzetaU8 11 months ago | 284 comments

UC Santa Cruz news article reporting research suggesting early developing human brains are preconfigured with instructions for understanding the world.

AI has access to a vastly larger working memory than the human brain(davidepiffer.com)

524 points by rzk 2 months ago | 452 comments

A Substack essay by Davide Piffer arguing that AI's edge over mathematicians comes from a vast symbolic working memory rather than superior reasoning.

Improving deep sleep may prevent dementia, study finds(monash.edu)

418 points by clouddrover 3 years ago | 381 comments

Monash University news article reporting a study finding that each 1% yearly loss of deep sleep in people over 60 is linked to a 27% higher dementia risk.

I miss thinking hard(jernesto.com)

1166 points by jernestomg 8 months ago | 633 comments

A personal blog post venting that the author rarely spends days thinking hard about difficult problems anymore, tagged as an opinion piece on AI.

Cognitive load is what matters(minds.md)

1649 points by zdw 1 year ago | 685 comments

An essay by Zakirullin arguing that reducing developers' cognitive load should be the main goal when writing and designing software.

AI has no intent and no motivation(i-programmer.info)

37 points by aquastorm 1 month ago | 39 comments

An I Programmer opinion piece by Mike James arguing that AI has no intent or motivation, so fears of AI going rogue are misrepresentations.