For centuries, people have wondered what separates being awake from being asleep, dreaming, or unconscious. Scientists have ...

An image generated by prompts to Google Gemini. (Courtesy of Joe Nalven) This column was composed in part by incorporating responses from a large-language model, a type of artificial intelligence ...

Science shows that dogs learn to form mental representations of words, shedding light on why they often seem to grasp our conversations. Nothing quite captures the heart like videos of dogs appearing ...

While it might feel as though artificial intelligence is getting dangerously smart, there are still some basic concepts that AI doesn’t comprehend as well as humans do. Back in March, we reported that ...

Geometry may come from navigation skills shared with animals, while human language allows those spatial abilities to become ...

The first time a computer beat a human chess champion, doomsayers proclaimed it was the beginning of the end. That was nearly three decades ago, and contrary to those dire predictions, humans haven't ...

AI is a tool. Like other tools, AI operates best when people understand how to use it, trust it, and can integrate it into the way they already work. Finding the right balance between human expertise ...

Human-machine understanding (HMU) represents the next frontier in human-centric technology. By integrating insights from human behavioural data, cognitive science and psychology with artificial ...