AI helps unravel a cause of Alzheimer’s and identify a therapeutic candidate(today.ucsd.edu)

309 points by pedalpete 1 year ago | 154 comments

Melbourne startup launches 'biological computer' made of human brain cells(abc.net.au)

23 points by Gustomaximus 1 year ago | 17 comments

Molecule restores cognition, memory in Alzheimer's disease model mice(uclahealth.org)

109 points by amichail 2 years ago | 55 comments

A UC Santa Cruz professor unearthed the oldest alphabet yet(universityofcalifornia.edu)

142 points by diodorus 1 year ago | 46 comments

UChicago scientists see first evidence of 'quantum superchemistry' in the lab(news.uchicago.edu)

87 points by clouddrover 3 years ago | 29 comments

Lead Limited Brain and Language Development in Neanderthals and Other Hominids?(today.ucsd.edu)

91 points by gmays 1 year ago | 43 comments

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.

MIT Study Finds AI Use Reprograms the Brain, Leading to Cognitive Decline(publichealthpolicyjournal.com)

438 points by cainxinth 1 year ago | 432 comments

Article reporting on an MIT study claiming that using AI tools like ChatGPT alters brain activity and leads to cognitive decline.

AI tools are spotting errors in research papers(nature.com)

555 points by kgwgk 1 year ago | 200 comments

Nature news article on a growing movement using AI and large language models to detect errors in research papers, sparked by a flawed black plastic utensils study.

LLMs use a surprisingly simple mechanism to retrieve some stored knowledge(news.mit.edu)

336 points by CharlesW 2 years ago | 121 comments

MIT News article on research showing LLMs often retrieve stored facts via simple linear functions, and a technique to probe what a model knows about subjects.

Deep learning gets the glory, deep fact checking gets ignored(rachel.fast.ai)

549 points by chmaynard 1 year ago | 134 comments

Rachel Thomas blog post on how a high-profile Nature paper using a Transformer to predict enzyme functions contained many errors that received far less attention than the original result.

Attention lapses due to sleep deprivation due to flushing fluid from brain(news.mit.edu)

525 points by gmays 1 year ago | 254 comments

MIT News article on research showing attention lapses during sleep deprivation coincide with fluid flushing from the brain, a process normally occurring during sleep.