Leveraging language to understand machines

Master's students Irene Terpstra ’23 and Rujul Gandhi ’22 use language to design new integrated circuits and make it understandable to robots.

Lauren Hinkel | MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab • mit
Dec. 22, 2023 • ~7 min

Europe has a wolf problem, and a late Norwegian philosopher had the solution

Why Arne Næss’s ideas of ‘deep ecology’ can help us live with wolves.

Nora Ward, Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Galway • conversation
Dec. 21, 2023 • ~7 min

MIT in the media: 2023 in review

MIT community members made headlines with key research advances and their efforts to tackle pressing challenges.

MIT News • mit
Dec. 21, 2023 • ~18 min

MIT’s top research stories of 2023

A cheaper water desalination device, a wearable ultrasound scanner, and the discovery of an Earth-like exoplanet were some of MIT News’ most popular articles.

MIT News • mit
Dec. 21, 2023 • ~4 min

Study: Colon cancer screenings are more effective than previously understood

By reevaluating existing data, researchers find the procedure is even more valuable than consensus had indicated.

Peter Dizikes | MIT News • mit
Dec. 19, 2023 • ~6 min

A new supercomputer aims to closely mimic the human brain — it could help unlock the secrets of the mind and advance AI

Neuromorphic computers aim to one day replicate the amazing efficiency of the brain.

Domenico Vicinanza, Associate Professor of Intelligent Systems and Data Science, Anglia Ruskin University • conversation
Dec. 18, 2023 • ~7 min

Human intelligence: how cognitive circuitry, rather than brain size, drove its evolution

The human brain uses up 20% of the energy we consume.

Marta Mirazon Lahr, Reader in Human Evolutionary Biology & Director of the Duckworth Collection, University of Cambridge • conversation
Dec. 13, 2023 • ~7 min

Human trafficking, sexual abuse and exploitation: the 'loss and damage' from climate change a fund will not compensate

Though hard to quantify, the social consequences of climate change are vast.

Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson, Associate Professor in Policy and Intersectionality, UCL & Honorary Senior Researcher, United Nations University • conversation
Dec. 12, 2023 • ~8 min

Why do people have wisdom teeth?

Two dental experts explain that these furthest-back molars may be a not-so-necessary leftover from early human evolution.

Seth M. Weinberg, Professor of Oral and Craniofacial Sciences and Human Genetics, University of Pittsburgh • conversation
Dec. 11, 2023 • ~6 min

Automated system teaches users when to collaborate with an AI assistant

MIT researchers develop a customized onboarding process that helps a human learn when a model’s advice is trustworthy.

Adam Zewe | MIT News • mit
Dec. 8, 2023 • ~10 min

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