Laura Pike Seeley
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Laura Pike Seeley
So here is the take-home lesson. We have to seek novelty, because this is what lays down new memories in the brain.
Want to Feel You're Living a Longer, Fuller Life? Neuroscience Says Making Denser Memories Is the Best Way to Slow the Passage of Time
Self-Taught AI May Have a Lot in Common With the Human Brain
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AI alignment is just the problem of AI bias writ (terrifyingly) large: We are assigning more societal decision-making power to systems that we don’t fully understand. D o these two groups of experts charged with making AI safe actually get along? T hese are two camps, and they’re two camps that sometimes stridently dislike each other.
There are two factions working to prevent AI dangers. Here’s why they’re deeply divided.
You can prevent or stop an amygdala hijack by activating the neocortex–the logical part of your brain.
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We’re at the dawn of something big and unknown. New technologies are shaping the future in ways we haven’t even thought of yet. Some of them will have extraordinary benefits, while others, through unforeseen capabilities or even sinister intentions, may have unwanted consequences. But as designers, it’s up to us to explore them early, dive into
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More than a penchant for suffering, and more than a need to challenge ourselves, humans are a species that can adapt. In times of flux and epochal change, there’s often a peculiar strain of natural law among nervous, conservative minds — the “natural” way of man is right, so don’t meddle with it. This strain was there when we developed... See more