Most modern LLMs are trained as "causal" language models. This means they process text strictly from left to right. When the ...

Poets, literary critics, and lovers of poetry often speak of the “music of poetry.” The Sounds of Poetry Viewed as Music by ...

When people are framed as something less than fully human, public empathy and willingness to protect their rights shrink ...

In his insightful new book, The Revolution to Come, Dan Edelstein offers some surprising answers to these questions and ...

For centuries, the principle of symmetry has guided physicists towards more fundamental truths, but now a slew of shocking findings suggest a far stranger idea from quantum theory could be a deeper dr ...

By studying large language models as if they were living things instead of computer programs, scientists are discovering some ...

People experiencing delusions during an episode of psychosis may be "living out" a deeply held emotion, according to new ...

"Brainrot" is what many people call the chaotic, fast-moving memes, sounds and catchphrases that spread across TikTok, Roblox ...

A new study reveals that the human brain processes spoken language in a sequence that closely mirrors the layered architecture of advanced AI language models. Using electrocorticography data from ...

Imagine you’re a physician and you are called in to evaluate a patient who has had a sudden change in his neurological status, likely a stroke. You find him alert, mobile, and talking. But when you ...

This article was featured in New York’s One Great Story newsletter. Sign up here. Experts were sure that the 20th century would make us stupid. Never before had culture and technology reshaped daily ...

Imagine you're watching a movie, in which a character puts a chocolate bar in a box, closes the box and leaves the room. Another person, also in the room, moves the bar from a box to a desk drawer.