We are not thinking machines. We are feeling machines that think.”
― Descartes Error. Antonio Damasio
The Touchy Task of Making Robots Seem Human—But Not Too Human
Summary: “Sundar and his team study people’s reception of social robots, and found that robots that appear too human—not in a creepy, uncanny-valley sort of way, but in their abilities—inevitably encourage unrealistic expectations.”
Read more at https://goo.gl/4OtUfa
Digitally mined from www.wired.com
Giving robots ‘personhood’ is actually about making corporations accountable
Summary: “It sounds like science fiction and that’s because it is: any engineer will tell you we’re a long way from seeing robot marches for civil rights. So what’s going on here?”
Read more at: https://goo.gl/TX9pkh
Digitally mined from www.theverge.com
Brief interventions help online learners persist with coursework
Summary: “Millions of people have taken free massive open online courses, or MOOCs, which have been touted as democratizing access to educational opportunities around the world. But whether learners are likely to succeed in a MOOC largely depends on where they live, according to new Stanford-led research.”
Read more at: https://goo.gl/aFEtrf
Digitally mined from: www.sciencedaily.com
You (and Your Therapist) Can Change Your Personality
Summary: Lately, personality psychologists have taken a more moderate view: If personality traits do change, they change slowly, and the overall difference over time tends to be modest.
Read more at https://goo.gl/pKeoKX
Digitally mined from www.nymag.com
How to Detox From Social Media Without Deleting Your Account
Summary: Think about it. We wake up and immediately check our social media accounts before even getting out of bed, read headlines and trending topics during our commute, and tweet our latest blog posts by the time we arrive at the office.
Read and watch at: https://goo.gl/WZ3G85
Digitally mined from: blog.hubspot.com
Move Over, Coders—Physicists Will Soon Rule Silicon Valley
Summary: …the industry has embraced neural networks, software that aims to mimic the structure of the human brain. But these neural networks are really just math on an enormous scale..
Read and watch at: https://goo.gl/mT60GG
Digitally mined from: www.wired.com