The New York Times
Dealing With Bias in Artificial Intelligence
6 min · · Three women with extensive experience in A.I. spoke on the topic and how to confront it. · Shared by 90, including Iain Brown, PhD, Andreas Staub, Dayyan Smith, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Mike Tamir, PhD, Katja Evertz, ɐpuɐʎᴉW ᴉʇɐʍɥǝN, Thomas Power, Tamara McCleary, AGI.Eth | MTL.Eth, Carl Robinson 🎙️, Carla Gentry 🎶, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Kirk Borne, Gengo 🦁, Matthias Lampe, Martin Ford, Desmond Williams
Quanta Magazine
‘Noise’ in the Brain Encodes Surprisingly Important Signals
9 min · · Activity in the visual cortex and other sensory areas is dominated by signals about body movements, down to little tics and twitches. Scientists are now rethinking how they study and conceive of… · Shared by 385, including Barry C Smith, Dominik Grolimund, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Patricia Churchland, Herbert Bay, Kevin Mitchell @WiringtheBrain@ mstdn .social, Miguel Angel Escotet, Matthias Lampe, Nico Müller 🇺🇦, Anita Leirfall, Marylin Delgado (@marylindelgado@zirk.us), Brian Ahier, dunschtig, Jane, Ward Plunet, Gregg Caruso
Science News
Sleep may trigger rhythmic power washing in the brain
2 min · · Strong, rhythmic waves of cerebrospinal fluid wash into the human brain during sleep and may help clean out harmful proteins. · Shared by 84, including Miguel Angel Escotet, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Peter Schmidhuber, Bilal Aslam, SusanaDeLeón, MD, Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA, Liliane Ferrari ™
The New Yorker
Can Brain Science Help Us Break Bad Habits?
10 min · · Studies suggest that relying on will power is hopeless. Instead, we must find strategies that don’t require us to be strong. · Shared by 204, including Stephanie A Kowalski, Amy Jo Kim, Steve Case, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Esther Schindler, ExApologist, Luca Weber, Niklaus Gerber, Jane, Fern, John Zeratsky, Liv 😷
Spektrum
Würmer in den Augen: Entsteht eine neue Infektionskrankheit?
2 min · · Zum zweiten mal in zwei Jahren entdecken Fachleute einen neuen Parasiten beim Menschen · Shared by 6, including Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯
BBC News (World)
What the voice inside your head says about you
10 min · · We tend to assume that our internal monologue “speaks” in words – but it turns out that, for many of us, it’s much more complicated. · Shared by 16, including Liliane Ferrari ™, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Ward Plunet
New Scientist
DeepMind AI beats humans at deciphering damaged ancient Greek tablets
2 min · · An AI was trained on thousands of ancient Greek engravings to fill the gaps where there are missing or damaged words · Shared by 86, including Ronald Schmelzer, Marc R Gagné MAPP, Jennifer Ouellette, Nige Roberts-Willson, Antonio Vieira Santos, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Kathleen Walch, Dr. Ganapathi Pulipaka 🇺🇸, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Tamara McCleary, John Nosta, Martin Ford
The Guardian
Scientists 'may have crossed ethical line' in growing human brains
3 min · · Debate needed over research with ‘potential for something to suffer’, neuroscientists say · Shared by 68, including John Hagel, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Lee Keyes, SusanaDeLeón, MD, Liam Bright, Research Stash, Brian D. Earp, Ph.D., justin caouette, Gregg Caruso, Dr. Marigo Raftopoulos, Anita Leirfall, Jake Jackson
Süddeutsche Zeitung
Cortison-Spritze: Vorsicht vor Schäden
1 min · · Viele Patienten mit Arthrose bekommen regelmäßig Corticoid-Injektionen ins Gelenk. Doch jetzt warnen Ärzte vor der populären Behandlung. · Shared by 6, including Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯
Quanta Magazine
Your Brain Chooses What to Let You See
3 min · · Beneath our awareness, the brain lets certain kinds of stimuli automatically capture our attention by lowering the priority of the rest. · Shared by 420, including K. Williams, Dr. Marigo Raftopoulos, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Anita Leirfall, Ward Plunet, Mathew Ingram, Matthias Lampe, Josep M. Ganyet, John Hagel, Liv 😷, Dominik Grolimund, John Nosta, Howard Getson, Vaughan Bell, Antonio Vieira Santos, sircharlsxavier, Peter Schmidhuber
Quartz
The idea of monogamy as a relationship ideal is based on flawed science
3 min · · We're asking all the wrong questions. · Shared by 34, including Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯
The Guardian
Vicious cycle: delicate wash releases more plastic microfibres
2 min · · Study finds 800,000 extra fibres are shed than on standard washing machine setting · Shared by 22, including @grzewap@mastodon.social, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯
Spektrum
Stromgenerator: Gerät erzeugt Licht aus der Dunkelheit
3 min · · Die Schwärze des Alls erlaubt einem kleinen Gerät, Strom zu produzieren · Shared by 9, including Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯
Quanta Magazine
Computers and Humans ‘See’ Differently. Does It Matter?
3 min · · In some ways, machine vision is superior to human vision. In other ways, it may never catch up. · Shared by 176, including Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Dr. Ganapathi Pulipaka 🇺🇸, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Brian Ahier, Rick King, Nige Roberts-Willson
The Guardian
Why it's dangerous to liken DNA to computer code
3 min · · The lure of bioengineering is obvious but we should be wary of bugs · Shared by 7, including Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯
Quartz
Science says your “gut feeling” isn’t a metaphor
4 min · · Shared by 28, including Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA, Dr. Simon A. Rego, adrianoesch