First — a bigger brain doesn’t automatically mean higher intelligence. Brain size only weakly correlates with measures …
Intelligence
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A team of American and British archaeologists and anthropologists reached that conclusion in their study. The genus Homo appeared about 2.5–3 million years ago. Homo sapiens emerged around 300,000 years…
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Science & Technology
AI Cracks a Roman Mystery: The Stone That Turned Out to Be an Ancient Game Board
Archaeological discoveries often leave researchers scratching their heads, but this time cutting-edge technology helped solve one. A smooth, mysterious stone from the Roman era found in the Netherlands had puzzled…
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When a person learns to understand the impact of their words and actions on others, they can consciously build harmonious relationships, effectively resolve conflicts, and even prevent them from arising,…
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Everyone believes their furry friend is the smartest. Animal behavior experts have proposed a series of tests dog owners can use to assess their pet’s intelligence. If the results turn…
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Researchers at the University of Florida analyzed more than 22 million words from spontaneous conversations—podcasts and live discussions. They found that since 2022, when consumer AI language tools became widespread,…
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A new study of a rare rock shelter in the Spanish Pyrenees reveals surprising insights into how Neanderthals lived before modern humans arrived in Western Europe. Researchers at the Australian…
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A new study suggests climate change helped our ancient ancestors evolve larger brains. Ice Age hardships tested early humans’ ingenuity and sped up natural selection. The study suggests cold temperatures…
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Internal monologue, inner speech, and intrapersonal communication are all terms that describe a phenomenon familiar to many people: talking to oneself. You might remember the old joke: “It’s nice to…
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Dating apps and websites are often criticized for prioritizing wealth and looks while sidelining traits like warmth and intelligence. Researchers at the University of São Paulo wanted to know whether…
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We often assume young people hit their highest peaks in sports and the arts. But peaks in physical and intellectual activity vary with age, and youth isn’t always an advantage.…
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A new study of Norwegian men finds that those with higher IQs tend to become fathers later than men with lower IQs. Surprisingly, the higher-IQ group also ended up with…
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A team of researchers from Linköping University (Sweden), the European University Institute (Italy), and the University of Amsterdam (Netherlands) has challenged the idea that intelligence leads to the highest levels…
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Do people around you think you’re a drunk, a slacker, and a rude person because you tend to sleep until noon, enjoy a drink or two, and pepper your speech…
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A new discovery is reigniting the debate over whether plants can be intelligent. Many scientists have long been skeptical about calling plants “intelligent.” But a team at Cornell University says…
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The team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology described the dangers of AI lying and urged governments to adopt strict measures to address the problem quickly.AI Many artificial intelligence systems…
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Leading experts have revealed which professionals will be the first to be left behind by the AI revolution. Artificial intelligence (AI) will primarily replace those who perform repetitive, predictable tasks…
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Science & Technology
AI ‘Employees’ Are Coming for Office Jobs — and Could Cut the Workweek to Three Days
By 2030, experts warn, the spread of AI “employees” could reshape work for nearly every office worker. This is the view of leading figures in the software industry. They say…
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Leading AI scientist Ben Goertzel made this prediction at the Beneficial AGI 2024 summit in Panama. Ben Goertzel is a Ph.D., mathematician, futurist, and CEO of SingularityNET. In the early…
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Attempts to use artificial intelligence in restaurants have already been made around the world. And those systems — it must be acknowledged — have shown solid skill at cooking and…
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Artificial intelligence tools are quietly and steadily replacing HR professionals. It turns out most of the world’s leading companies are already using algorithmic services. AI is taking on HR duties.…
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Talk about AI’s creative abilities has reached a tipping point. A recent study comparing ideas generated by humans and AI suggests that not only can AI match human creativity—it may…
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Japanese police hope new AI tools will help prevent serious crimes. Officials say the technology will initially be used to protect high-ranking VIPs. The idea emerged a year after the…
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A lot of people worry that artificial intelligence will replace us. That fear includes the idea that AI could outstrip human creativity and steal what makes us unique. But the…
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The era of artificial intelligence (AI) is here, and neural networks will only get smarter. Their impact on art and pop culture is already significant. Convincing deepfakes are already worrying…
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Science & Technology
Google’s Med‑PaLM Answers Medical Questions With 92.6% Accuracy — But It Isn’t Replacing Doctors
People already turn to “Dr. Google” for medical answers. Now Google has developed an AI that answers medical questions with 92.6% accuracy, performing as well as doctors on disease-related queries.…
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A new study investigated whether technologically capable intelligent life is more likely to arise in oceans or on land. The authors conclude that such beings may be more likely to…
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Augmented reality holograms, assistant robots, 3D-printed transformer walls, obedient screens… All of this and more has been integrated into quirky yet practical architectural designs by artificial intelligence. Such a reality…
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Professor Max Tegmark drew parallels with species extinctions and offered a grim forecast: he estimates a 50% chance that artificial intelligence could destroy humanity. He says that risk rises once…
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A team of scientists from Osaka University says AI can read signals from our brains and convert them into images. For several years, researchers have been training Stable Diffusion, an…
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The Dutch architectural firm MVRDV has unveiled a design for the Innovation Park for Artificial Intelligence (Ipai), which will be built in Heilbronn, Germany. Ipai will cover 265,000 square meters…