Topic: human cognition
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Stories Trump Charts in Data-Driven Decisions
Data alone is often unpersuasive, as seen at Humana where an overload of dashboards failed to provide clarity, leading to the creation of a dedicated "data storyteller" role to bridge this gap. Effective data storytelling addresses human psychology by framing information within a narrative, which...
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The AI Revolution Is Built on a Flawed Foundation
Current AI systems like large language models (LLMs) are sophisticated pattern-matching engines for text, not nascent minds replicating human thought, as they operate on statistical patterns in language data rather than multifaceted reasoning. Neuroscience indicates that human thinking operates i...
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Junk Data Training Causes AI Brain Rot
The quality of training data significantly affects large language models' performance, with low-quality information potentially degrading their reasoning abilities, as proposed by the "LLM brain rot hypothesis." Researchers tested this by creating datasets from tweets, defining junk content throu...
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The AI Readiness Factor Most Companies Miss
Professionals worldwide often experience a memorable turning point upon first using generative AI, marveling at its flexibility and speed and questioning if technology has crossed a threshold in mimicking human thought. Early interactions involved extensive experimentation with diverse prompts, f...
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Most Americans Fear AI's Threat to Human Creativity
A majority of Americans are concerned that AI will negatively impact human creativity, critical thinking, and social connections, despite recognizing its benefits in technical applications. The rapid integration of AI in education has raised alarms among educators, who fear it may undermine stude...
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DeepSeek Engineers Reveal the Science Behind China's Viral AI Model
DeepSeek-R1 is an open-source AI model developed by a Hangzhou startup, notable for its advanced reasoning skills and competitive standing against industry leaders. The model was trained using a reward-based framework that incentivized problem-solving, enabling more human-like logical processing ...
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