The Most Important Memory is Still the One Inside Your Head
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The Most Important Memory is Still the One Inside Your Head
If we’re bound to have computers that never forget, why bother having brains that remember?
Joshua Foer • Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything
When artificial intelligence is used to diagnose cancer or automate soul-crushing tasks that require vapid toiling, it makes us more human and should be celebrated. But when it sucks out the core process of advanced cognition, cutting-edge tools can become an existential peril. In the formative stages of education, we are now at risk of stripping a... See more