New insights into training dynamics of deep classifiers

MIT researchers uncover the structural properties and dynamics of deep classifiers, offering novel explanations for optimization, generalization, and approximation in deep networks.

Center for Brains, Minds and Machines • mit
March 8, 2023 ~6 min

Large language models are biased. Can logic help save them?

MIT researchers trained logic-aware language models to reduce harmful stereotypes like gender and racial biases.

Rachel Gordon | MIT CSAIL • mit
March 3, 2023 ~7 min


Studies of unusual brains reveal critical insights into brain organization, function

Ev Fedorenko’s Interesting Brains Project highlights the human brain’s remarkable capacity to adapt, reorganize in the face of early damage.

Thea Singer | McGovern Institute for Brain Research • mit
Feb. 21, 2023 ~10 min

Moms with depression may be slow to respond to kids

Mothers who struggle with depression tend to take longer to respond to their child during back-and-forth dialogue.

Brian Consiglio-Missouri • futurity
Feb. 17, 2023 ~4 min

How does ChatGPT differ from human intelligence?

Two experts discuss ChatGPT, the artificial intelligence platform that uncannily mimics human communication.

Corrie Pikul-Brown • futurity
Feb. 15, 2023 ~13 min

Will ChatGPT replace human writers? Pinker weighs in.

Psychologist says chatbot is impressive — and may offer insights into nature of human intelligence once it “stops making stuff up.”

Alvin Powell • harvard
Feb. 14, 2023 ~10 min

People who share ideology have similar ‘neural fingerprints’

"This research helps shed light on what happens in the brain that gives rise to political polarization," says Oriel FeldmanHall.

Brown University • futurity
Feb. 13, 2023 ~9 min

ChatGPT is great – you're just using it wrong

ChatGPT and other AI chatbots are remarkably good at answering your questions. Just don’t take the answers seriously. Sometimes, though, potentially fact-free answers are just fine.

Jonathan May, Research Associate Professor of Computer Science, University of Southern California • conversation
Feb. 2, 2023 ~8 min


Making computer science research more accessible in India

Passionate about creating educational opportunities in India, PhD student Siddhartha Jayanti recently explored multiprocessor speed limits, in a paper written in the Indian language Telugu.

Alex Shipps | MIT CSAIL • mit
Jan. 30, 2023 ~8 min

Bad moods are good times to proofread

A bad mood is an opportunity to focus on tasks that are more detail-oriented, such as proofreading, research indicates.

Alexis Blue-U. Arizona • futurity
Jan. 25, 2023 ~6 min

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