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Semantic math

“…he listened eagerly to the story of her life and she was equally eager to hear the story of his, but although they had a clear understanding of the logical meaning of the words they exchanged, they failed to hear the semantic murmurs of the river flowing through them.” A compelling exploration of conversational disconnect […]

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Deprogramming conspiracy believers with debunkbot

“If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We’re no longer interested in finding out the truth.”  These wise words of Carl Sagan in his book “The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark,” offer a grave warning against the allure of pseudoscience and conspiracy theories.

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3D-printing the brain: Is this the new way to treat brain injuries?

Is it possible to 3D print human brain tissue? Beyond the intricacies of the individual cells that comprise them, brain tissue is organized into complex structures that are difficult to replicate. But what many once considered to be science fiction has now proven to be a novel remedy for traumatic brain injuries and a revolution

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Navigating the shadows of black-box systems

Don’t look. Or, more accurately, you can’t look. You wouldn’t be able to see anything if you tried.  A few banalities to start us off: Artificial intelligence (AI), specifically machine learning systems, is increasingly being used to make high-stakes medical decisions. This includes decisions regarding diagnoses, surgical outcome predictions, technical skill evaluation, and disease risk

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Using AI to predict diseases

Although still a relatively new field, the applications and possibilities of artificial intelligence (AI) are rapidly expanding. AI technology has been utilized in virtual assistants and chatbots in customer service, fraud detection and risk assessment in finance, surveillance and threat detection in law enforcement, and much more. Especially in this past year, AI has made

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