2025-05-11 01:10:06
“My deep and abiding feeling is that if you look at anything closely enough, there will be new riches to be found.” — Sidney Nagel, physicist at the University of Chicago
https://www.quantamagazine.org/finding-beauty-and-truth-in-mundane-occurrences-20250509/
2025-05-11 00:50:00
An artificial neural network is completely different from a biological nervous system — even if you’re talking about the nervous system of a maggot.
https://www.quantamagazine.org/ai-is-nothing-like-a-brain-and-thats-ok-20250430/
2025-05-11 00:45:01
Individually, two particular proteins in the brain don’t last a lifetime — but by binding to each other, they help ensure your memories might.
https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-molecular-bond-that-helps-secure-your-memories-20250507/
2025-05-10 01:02:06
In 1984, Francis Crick described a biological conundrum: Memories last years, while most molecules degrade in days or weeks. “How then is memory stored in the brain so that its trace is relatively immune to molecular turnover?” he wrote in Nature. https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-molecular-bond-that-helps-secure-your-memories-20250507/
2025-05-10 00:40:00
From basic concepts like “neural networks” and “pretraining” to more contested terms like “hallucinations” and “reasoning,” here are 19 key terms from the world of modern AI:
https://www.quantamagazine.org/what-the-most-essential-terms-in-ai-really-mean-20250430/
2025-05-09 03:39:00
Where is AI taking science and math? Opinions run the gamut. Take a look at a few perspectives:
https://www.quantamagazine.org/where-do-scientists-think-this-is-all-going-20250430/
