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·January 11, 2021·4 min read

We Wouldn’t Be Able to Control Super Intelligent Machines

Using theoretical calculations, computer scientists show it would be fundamentally impossible for humans to control a super-intelligent AI.

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·January 4, 2021·5 min read

Using Artificial Intelligence to Find New Uses for Existing Medications

A new machine-learning algorithm is assisting researchers to determine which existing drugs can be repurposed effectively for other conditions.

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·December 27, 2020·6 min read

Love and Hate in the Brain

Activity in the medial preoptic area tilts the mouse brain toward love and affection, while activity in the ventromedial hypothalamus is associated with more aggressive or hateful acts.

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·December 23, 2020·4 min read

AI-Designed Serotonin Sensor May Help Scientists Study Sleep and Mental Health

Artificial intelligence technology redesigned a bacterial protein that helps researchers track serotonin in the brain in real time.

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·December 18, 2020·7 min read

Machine Intelligence Accelerates Research Into Mapping Brains

Combining machine learning with MRI brain scans helps researchers provide a more accurate map of the brain.

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·December 17, 2020·4 min read

Computational Model Reveals How the Brain Manages Short-Term Memories

A new computational algorithm shows how the brain maintains information in the short term using specific types of neurons.

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·December 16, 2020·5 min read

Teaching Artificial Intelligence to Adapt

A new AI model mimics how the prefrontal cortex uses gating to control information flow between different areas of neurons. The system could help in the development of new artificial intelligence technologies that better mimic the human brain.

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·December 8, 2020·2 min read

Predicting Epilepsy From Neural Network Models

An innovative new model helps predict how damaging conditions in the brain can be triggered by complex dynamics in branching neural networks.

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·December 7, 2020·3 min read

Machine Learning Identifies New Brain Network Signature of Major Depression

Using data from neuroimaging, a machine learning algorithm has identified key functional neural connections that could serve as a biomarker in the diagnosis of major depressive disorder.

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·November 24, 2020·4 min read

AI Helps Scientists Understand Brain Activity Behind Thoughts

A new AI system helps researchers better understand the brain computations that underlie thought.

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·November 23, 2020·3 min read

Eye Exam Could Lead to Early Parkinson’s Disease Diagnosis

Artificial intelligence technology can identify early signatures of Parkinson's disease based on images of the retina vasculature taken from a simple eye test.

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·November 20, 2020·3 min read

Do Neural Networks Dream Visual Illusions?

When convolutional neural networks are trained under experimental conditions, they are deceived by the brightness and color of a visual image in similar ways to the human visual system.