Tag: David Nield

Brain development during pregnancy of unborn baby. 3D rendered illustration.

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
November 29, 2023

Categorized
Language, Neuroscience

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David Nield}

Study: Babies Start Learning Their Home Language Before Birth

_{Neuroscience researchers found that newborns responded better to a folk tale in French than in Spanish or English — when French was their mothers’ native language} _{Denyse O'Leary
November 29, 2023

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Language, Neuroscience}

Before birth, the child is hearing the rhythm of speech rather than individual words, through the amniotic fluid; that may speed learning later. Read More ›

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News
Date
November 6, 2022

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Programming

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David Nield, halting problem, Michael K. Cohen}

Two Computer Doomsday Scenarios: How Likely Are They?

_{One features a computer superintelligence beyond human comprehension and the other features a computer that destroys the world for an algorithmic reward} _{News
November 6, 2022

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Artificial Intelligence, Programming}

In an open-access paper last year at the Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research, a research group concluded that a computer superintelligence, if developed, could not be contained. It would be a HAL 9000 that couldn’t just be turned off. Science writer David Nield explains: The catch is that controlling a super-intelligence far beyond human comprehension would require a simulation of that super-intelligence which we can analyze (and control). But if we’re unable to comprehend it, it’s impossible to create such a simulation. Rules such as ‘cause no harm to humans’ can’t be set if we don’t understand the kind of scenarios that an AI is going to come up with, suggest the authors of the new paper. Once a computer Read More ›