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Mind the Gap: Your Brain Is Already Running the Algorithm
Mind the Gap: Your Brain Is Already Running the Algorithm
[curious] A neuroscientist at Dartmouth asks a volunteer to close her eyes and picture an apple. Red, shiny, sitting on a white table. The fMRI lights up. Then they show her an actual photo of an apple — same red, same shine. And the scan... is essentially identical. [surprised] Same neural process. Seeing it. Imagining it. And here's what made the researchers stop cold — the pattern closely mirro...
In today's episode, Alex and Maya explore how Toronto's economy, AI's rapid evolution, and behavioural science intersect — and what it all means for how we live and work.
Takeaway: [laughing] That's either very comforting or deeply unsettling. Have a great Sunday, everybody.
New episodes drop every weekday morning.
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By Purple IntelligenceMind the Gap: Your Brain Is Already Running the Algorithm
[curious] A neuroscientist at Dartmouth asks a volunteer to close her eyes and picture an apple. Red, shiny, sitting on a white table. The fMRI lights up. Then they show her an actual photo of an apple — same red, same shine. And the scan... is essentially identical. [surprised] Same neural process. Seeing it. Imagining it. And here's what made the researchers stop cold — the pattern closely mirro...
In today's episode, Alex and Maya explore how Toronto's economy, AI's rapid evolution, and behavioural science intersect — and what it all means for how we live and work.
Takeaway: [laughing] That's either very comforting or deeply unsettling. Have a great Sunday, everybody.
New episodes drop every weekday morning.