A new form of AI modelling promises accurate simulation of how entire cities, countries and one day perhaps the world will behave New Scientist / October 2, 2019 In simple terms, an artificial society is just a computer model similar to those that have been used for decades to understand complex dynamic systems, such… Continue reading AI can predict your future behaviour with powerful new simulations
Brain stimulation. Neurofeedback. Synthetic psychedelics. Can they deliver? Vox / November 1, 2021 Neurofeedback is just one of the newer technologies being touted as a way to catapult us into higher, more enlightened states of consciousness. Other technoboosts include brain stimulation, which uses electric currents or other means to directly target certain brain areas and change… Continue reading New technologies are promising a shortcut to enlightenment
BU Hariri Institute for Computing / May 4, 2022 A popular thought experiment pushes people to consider the ethics of redirecting a trolley to hit a single person that is at the wrong place at the wrong time in order to avoid hitting five workers that the trolley is barreling toward. This puzzle has been… Continue reading Byte by byte: Using data science to study human behavior
