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  1. We barely understand our own brains, but from what we do know, they are very different from how a computer works.

    So no, that Fancy Autocorrect purporting to be the AI helper from fiction is not a 'mind' or a god. We cannot replicate what we barely understand, we're just fooling ourselves with an old mentalists' trick right now.

    iflscience.com/does-the-human-

    #AI #HumanMemory

  2. We are organizing and hosting the USA Memory Championship Organization's "Tournament of Memory Champions" at the Kresge Auditorium at MIT on November 10th(Sunday).

    During the event, we will have short scientific talks about the benefits of mnemonic and cognitive training in health and in education.

    The event is free and open to the public!

    Please register here, and join us if you are in the Boston area:

    eventbrite.com/e/the-mit-tourn

    #HumanMemory #BiologicalMemory #Neuroscience #Biology #Mnemonics #CognitiveTraining #MIT #USAMC

  3. Oh no. I have fallen down a research rabbit hole. Dunbar's number. Miller's law. And now I'm aware of Atkinson-Shiffrin memory models and Baddeley/Hitch articulatory loops. #CategorizationSystems #HumanMemory #brains #cognition