Do video games make you dumb? You can probably think of someone in your life who’d make you nod vigorously, but according to behavioral psychologists, playing games actually does the opposite. Play performs a crucial role in cognitive development and building behavior that helps advanced animals thrive in different situations and environments.Turns out what helps kittens … [Read more...] about The Point Of Play: How Games Make AI Smarter
6 Historic Jobs Machines Have Taken Over
Technology disrupts the economy, alters everyone’s daily routine, and creates unexpected patterns of behavior. Some changes would have been unimaginable only a few years before. No one before 2006 had to worry about a nasty tweet (what’s a tweet?), much less agonize on how to bit back with a curt but witty comeback. Rapid advances in automation technology and … [Read more...] about 6 Historic Jobs Machines Have Taken Over
Conversational Bots Transform How You Learn Languages
Language enables us to understand a message, articulate a plan, and get things done. We need our words to order espresso from the corner cafe, cheer up a friend who’s having a bad day, and quip back against a colleague’s snarky comments. But we can do all of that only if we speak the same language as the person we are communicating with. Otherwise, far worse things … [Read more...] about Conversational Bots Transform How You Learn Languages