What Computer Modeling Can Tell Us about Religion

STH researchers introduce high tech to a low-tech discipline BU Today / June 1, 2017   “I don’t even like computers,” Connor Wood confesses. So why is this postdoctoral fellow in religion studies so enthusiastic about the computer simulation displayed on his laptop, resembling the result of an explosion at a spaghetti factory and an… Continue reading What Computer Modeling Can Tell Us about Religion

AI can predict your future behaviour with powerful new simulations

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