A series of random questions answered by Harvard experts.
Harvard’s Lauren Williams, a MacArthur ‘genius,’ joins international effort to challenge notions of AI supremacy
Less like a picture, more like a video game? Cognitive scientist explains how we ‘see’ what isn’t real.
Ranking skill can be tricky when the best players draw more than they win, so a Harvard statistician invented a new method
Limits unclear when explicit images of individuals look real, but are digitally generated
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Study finds only fraction of those with mutated gene develop malady — a finding that could lead to better treatments (and could apply to other such illnesses)
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Experts weigh in on whether tech poses threat to critical thinking, pointing to cautionary tales in use of other cognitive labor tools
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