We recast predictive coding as continuous-time proximal gradient descent applied to a regularized maximum-a-posteriori (MAP) objective. We study first a single-level problem and then a multi-level hie...

Categorization, the grouping of objects, living organisms, actions or events into equivalence clusters, is fundamental to adaptive behaviour. In this Perspective, Barrett and Miller discuss evidence t...

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ChatGPT and other AI tools may seem irresistible. But educators should beware, as they could end up trading away the thing that gives them value — the rich experience of slow learning

Jenna Zaagsma (23) is masterstudent biomedische technologie en educatie in de bètawetenschappen. In haar vrije tijd is ze te vinden bij studentenscouting Radix en vechtsportvereniging Arashi. Ze schri...

OPINIE - Heino Falcke, hoogleraar astrofysica, stuitte bij het boeken van een eenvoudig treinticket op het ‘bureaucratisch monster’ van de universiteit. Waanzin, schrijft hij, die meer veroorzaakt dan...

By 2030, the university aims to be digitally independent. And that’s not a pipe dream, say proponents of the plan.

Have you noticed the 'vibe shift'? When ChatGPT launched in 2022, there was amazement at its abilities, leading to a tech race, promises of an AI revolution, and hundreds of billions of dollars in inv...

Hoe pijnlijk ook: we moeten toegeven dat universiteiten in tien jaar tijd flink zijn verslechterd, vindt Tjerk Oosterkamp. Harder werken helpt niet meer. En juist daarom moeten studenten en docenten d...

Dit demissionair kabinet voert ingrijpende onderwijsbezuinigingen door, zonder benodigd mandaat. Dat moet stoppen, zeggen Rens Bod, Remco Breuker en Ingrid Robeyns.

From analog hobbies to tech curfews, these Gen Zers are experimenting with science-backed ways to help their brains feel a little less foggy.

I believe we should talk about the mistakes we make.

A population numbed, dazed, present-but-not-present – had it happened overnight it would be a sci-fi horror movie. And if you looked up from your phone for long enough, you might notice it’s started a...

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Since the widespread release of ChatGPT in December of 2022, AI has taken over much of the world by storm – including academia. Most of this happened with very little pushback, despite a myriad of iss...

The use of artificial intelligence is leading to a flattening of our language that is evident in the emails we write and the texts we compose. Studies have already confirmed this. Robotic verbiage era...

Fluctuations in alpha-band neural oscillations influence whether we perceive faint stimuli, but how these oscillations relate to different perceptual processes is not clear. This study shows that alph...

Deze wetenschappers en filosofen roepen op tot kritisch denken over AI.

Abstract. The idea that the brain is a probabilistic (Bayesian) inference machine, continuously trying to figure out the hidden causes of its inputs, has become very influential in cognitive (neuro)sc...

Help Sheet: Resisting AI Mania in Schools K-12 educators are under increasing pressure to use—and have students use—a wide range of AI tools. (The term “AI” is used loosely here, just as it is by man...