Cognition

Is AI making us dumber? Understand how tools like ChatGPT could impact our critical thinking skills, but in some cases helps us learn more.

What if cognition isn't the pinnacle of intelligence but a temporary scaffolding that's dissolving as AI reveals new, fluid architectures of thought?

How is an AI different from a neural net? How can a machine learn? What is an AGI? And will DeepSeek really change the game? Read on to find out.

Having dedicated his career to understanding human brains, Eagleman shared his perspective in Newsweek's AI Impact interview series with Marcus Weldon.

For example, consider an AI that assists doctors in diagnosing clients. A diagnosis without any rationale is almost useless, as there is no way for the doctor to verify it and ultimately feel comfortable acting on it.

As more users sign up for neurotech devices and agentic AI models, are we also reckoning with the risks? Synapse Conclave, a science-tech-society conference in India, debated on this and more

AI may never be truly conscious, but if it gets infinitely close, that closeness alone may be enough to make us believe.

Claude 3.7, the latest model from Anthropic, can be instructed to engage in a specific amount of reasoning to solve hard problems.