Buzzy headlines cloud our understanding of how advanced AI really is. We should stop focusing on apocalyptic scenarios, says cognitive scientist Gary Marcus, and start making AI more useful.
The ways we typically talk about the brain lead to a neuro-mythology, one that fails to either advance public understanding or meaningfully answer how the brain and mind work.
We’ve been here before. What are the consequences of imbuing brains with a special mystique?
Too many people think evolution demeans our species. But maybe evolutionary theory indicates the opposite: our special place among life on Earth.
Every time I sat down to read—or to do anything that required sustained attention—I found I could only focus on a task for a few minutes. It felt like my brain had changed—for the worse.
Strategies to avoid the pitfalls of distractions and interruptions, improve your cognitive control, reduce goal interference, and aid your distracted mind.