Parts of the brain are "rewired" when people learn computer programming, according to new research. Scientists watched ...

The performance of natural language models such as ChatGPT is deeply impressive. The performance of another one of these models, the one called "human,"is at least as impressive. The human model ...

We depend, or hope to depend, on machines, especially computers, to do many things, from organizing our photos to parking our cars. Machines are becoming less and less “mechanical” and more and more ...

Universities across the country are scrambling to understand the implications of generative A.I.’s transformation of technology. Universities across the country are scrambling to understand the ...

I grew up in the 1990s. Like many suburban schools of that era, my high school invested in a computer lab for its students. The lab had a scanner, an early webcam, and a bevy of Mac Classics running ...

What actually exists? How do computers think about reality? Where does the meaning of a word come from, and how do computers learn to understand it? Do computers really “understand” language at all?

How do computers see the world? It's not quite the same way humans do. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. Recent advances in generative artificial intelligence (AI) make ...

T.J. Thomson receives funding from the Australian Research Council. He is an affiliate with the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision Making & Society. How do computers see the world? It’s ...