Showing results for "Intelligence Science" in Biological Sciences

Dr. Carl Sagan takes us on a great adventure, offering his vivid and startling insight into the brain of man and beast, the origin of human intelligence, the function of our most haunting legends - and their amazing links to recent discoveries.

The deep-learning revolution has brought us driverless cars, the greatly improved Google Translate, fluent conversations with Siri and Alexa, and enormous profits from automated trading on the New York Stock Exchange. Deep-learning networks can play poker better than professional poker players and defeat a world champion at Go. In this book, Terry Sejnowski explains how deep learning went from being an arcane academic field to a disruptive technology in the information economy.

Are plants intelligent? Can they solve problems, communicate, and navigate their surroundings? Or are they passive, incapable of independent action or social behavior? Philosophers and scientists have pondered these questions since ancient Greece, most often concluding that plants are unthinking and inert: they are too silent, too sedentary - just too different from us. Yet discoveries over the past 50 years have challenged these ideas, shedding new light on the extraordinary capabilities and complex interior lives of plants.

This delightful narrative takes listeners on a powerful search to unlock the secrets of dog cognition, based on evidence from trainers, owners, behaviorists, and the animals themselves. With in-depth reporting and more than a few personal adventures, best-selling author Jennifer S. Holland digs into what intelligence really means.

With the lucid verve and solid scientific grounding of an Oliver Sacks or Malcolm Gladwell, Dr. Brian Boxer Wachler guides listeners on a fascinating tour of the bedrock of our existence - the way our senses perceive everything and everyone in the world around us. Why does one person see Jesus in a shower curtain, get a "bad feeling" about someone they've just met, or hear a conversation so differently than the other person? Boxer Wachler describes some of the mysterious medical conditions that cause non-psychiatric hallucinations and neurological mix-ups.

Künstliche Intelligenz: Expertenwissen gegen Hysterie. Der renommierte Gehirnforscher, Psychiater und Bestseller-Autor Manfred Spitzer ist ein ausgewiesener Experte für neuronale Netze, auf denen KI aufbaut. Sein topaktuelles Hörbuch über künstliche Intelligenz informiert, klärt auf – und macht klar, dass niemand vorhersehen kann, ob mit KI Rettung oder Untergang auf die Menschheit zukommt. »Wir brauchen nicht darüber nachzudenken, ob eine allgemeine KI irgendwann Bewusstsein hat oder die Menschheit vernichtet – das ist Science Fiction.«

Whether we realize it or not, we think of our brains as computers. In neuroscience, the metaphor of the brain as a computer has defined the field for much of the modern era. But as neuroscientists increasingly reevaluate their assumptions about how brains work, we need a new metaphor to help us ask better questions. The computational neuroscientist Daniel Graham offers an innovative paradigm for understanding the brain. He argues that the brain is not like a single computer—it is a communication system, like the internet.

Twenty meters below water, the oceanographer François Sarano came face to face with a five-and-a-half-meter great white shark. Seduced by the gentle elegance of this majestic creature, Sarano experienced a profound sense of affinity with her as they swam side by side, shoulder to shoulder, eye to eye, cutting a single figure through the ocean depths. It was an experience which made him realize the depth of our ignorance of the lives of sharks, leading him to become a passionate advocate for their protection.

Les éléphants bénéficient d'une impressionnante mémoire spatiale, olfactive, visuelle et vocale, on le sait, mais sait-on que certains oiseaux peuvent cacher leur nourriture dans plus de mille emplacements différents ? Dans ce livre audio riche d'une quinzaine d'années d'expérience de terrain, Emmanuelle Pouydebat montre que l'intelligence est une fonction adaptative partagée par tous les animaux.

Noted science writer Virginia Morell explores the frontiers of research on animal cognition and emotion, offering a surprising and moving exploration into the hearts and minds of wild and domesticated animals. Have you ever wondered what it is like to be a fish? Or a parrot, dolphin, or...

The idea that plants have a mind of their own has been a prominent feature of some Indigenous narratives, literary works, and philosophical discourses. Recent scientific research in the field of plant cognition similarly highlights the capacity of botanical life to discern between options and learn from prior experiences or, in other words, to think. The Mind of Plants offers an accessible account of the idea of “the plant mind” by bringing together short essays and poems on plants and their interactions with humans.

This engaging memoir reveals the true story of the Search for ExtraterrestrialIntelligence (SETI), and discloses what we may very soon discover. Chronicling the program’s history with insight and humor, SETI senior astronomer Seth Shostak assures us that if there is sentient life in the universe, we are within decades of picking up its signal.

What do computers, cells, and brains have in common? Computers are electronic devices designed by humans; cells are biological entities crafted by evolution; brains are the containers and creators of our minds. But all are, in one way or another, information-processing devices. The power of the human brain is, so far, unequaled by any existing machine or known living being. Our brains have even allowed us to develop computers that are almost as powerful as the human brain itself. Arlindo Oliveira describes how advances in science and technology could enable us to create digital minds.

Cuando pensamos en las plantas, nos sentimos tentados a atribuirles dos características: inmovilidad e insensibilidad. Pero investigaciones científicas llevadas a cabo durante los últimos cincuenta años han demostrado que las plantas son sensibles, se comunican e intercambian información, duermen, memorizan, cuidan de sus hijos, tienen su propia personalidad, toman decisiones e incluso son capaces de manipular a otras especies. Su capacidad para resolver los problemas que se les presentan ha sido probada por los estudios más recientes.

This podcast decodes the AI revolution: how intelligence is exploding across science, tech and industry—what it means, and how we manage what comes next.

A discussion of Geoversiv’s action-oriented exploration of Earth Intelligence, Climate Resilience, Food Security and the economics of a future without pollution. A push to leverage healthy natural systems and rights of nature as solutions to the climate crisis.

Curating a Climate for Change: Exploring the future of human, nature, technology, climate, environment, biodiversity, sustainability, and the regeneration of planet earth