Julian Barnes opens Changing My Mind, his brisk new book about our unruly intellects, with a quote famously attributed to the economist John Maynard Keynes: “When the facts change, I change my mind.” ...

Imagine a game show where the host asks the contestant to randomly pick one option out of three: A, B or C. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. After the contestant ...

To better understand human cognition, scientists trained a large language model on 10 million psychology experiment questions. It now answers questions much like we do. By Carl Zimmer Companies like ...

Interacting with chatbots can shift users' beliefs and opinions. A newly published study aimed to figure out why. Post-training and information density were key factors. Most of us feel a sense of ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Lance B. Eliot is a world-renowned AI scientist and consultant. In today’s column, I analyze the recently announced ...

We talk about “changing minds” or “losing our mind” as if the mind is separate from the brain. But is it? Where does the mind come from, and how does it actually work? When you try to describe the ...

The author spent days in a room with no light. Who would he be when he emerged? Credit...Illustration By Lydia Ortiz. Animation By Patrick Rafanan. Supported by By Chris Colin On Day 3, I started ...