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Yearly Archives: 2016

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  • 14 Oct 2016
    David Olson

    Is written language an unrecognized language of thought?

    Implausible as it may seem, while all speakers of a language have knowledge of language, they often have little knowledge about language. Their knowledge of their spoken language, remains, as we say, implicit, unavailable to consciousness. A literate education is largely responsible for making that implicit knowledge explicit, something to think about. And that, the […]

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  • 14 Oct 2016
    Huma Shah, Kevin Warwick

    Kevin Warwick at Cheltenham Literature Festival 2016

    Kevin on stage in front of a packed audience at Cheltenham Town Hall Kevin signing books in the Waterstones tent after the talk

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  • 13 Oct 2016

    UK Black History Month: A Reading List

    Check out our reading list for UK Black History Month!

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  • 13 Oct 2016
    Huma Shah, Kevin Warwick

    Can you tell the difference between human and machine? Kevin Warwick lifts the lid on the Turing test

    Kevin Warwick is one of the world's top experts in the field of artificial intelligence and his new book (co-authored with Huma Shah), 'Turing's Imitation Game: Conversations with the Unknown explores the ability of machines to converse as humans. In this new video he explains more about the Turing test and invites viewers to test themselves.

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  • 12 Oct 2016
    Yanna Krupnikov, Samara Klar

    A “Super Depressing” Election?

    Shortly after the conclusion of the 2016 Vice-Presidential debate between Democrat Tim Kaine and Republican Mike Pence, Washington Post journalist Chris Cillizza’s described it as “super depressing”: “I found myself wishing it were over at 10pm,” Cillizza wrote of a debate that would go on for another half hour, “And I love this stuff more than anyone I […]

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  • 12 Oct 2016
    Huma Shah

    The Turing test is more than mere theatre: it shows us how we humans think

    Scientists Kevin Warwick and Huma Shah, co-authors of 'Turing's Imitation Game: Conversations with the Unknown have hosted numerous Turing test experiments with some extraordinary results. Here, Huma goes behind-the-scenes of a controversial area of science...

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  • 11 Oct 2016
    Donald Trump. Photo: Greg Skidmore via Creative Commons.
    Stanley O. Gaines, Jr

    Narcissism and Romance in the Age of Trump

    A new blog post from Stanely O. Gaines, Jr. author of Personality and Close Relationship Processes.

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  • 11 Oct 2016
    Katharina Lorenz

    Empowering Images: testing the methods for making sense of pictures

    Katharina Lorenz recounts her research process in answering the question: how – or by what analytical means – can we use mythological imagery reliably to write about ancient societies? And examines the benefits of this. Her book, Ancient Mythological Images and their Interpretation, is available now.

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