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Psychology and linguistics
Posted by: Rob Ashton
23 / 07 / 24
One of the biggest dangers of relying on AI writing bots is perhaps not the most obvious. It’s not that what they produce is inferior to human writing. It’s that the opposite is true. Generative AI apps like ChatGPT or Microsoft Copilot can produce text that is often astonishingly realistic. They can write emails, outline […]
16 / 07 / 24
Most of us don’t like the way we look in photos. We wince slightly when we glance at a picture that includes us. Despite how it might feel, though, this has very little to do with how we actually look. It’s because the face we’re seeing is not the face we see in the mirror […]
04 / 07 / 24
Let’s start out with a quick question. Look at the line on the left in the image below. Which one on the right do you think is most similar: A, B or C? It’s pretty obvious that the answer is C, right? Or so you’d think. Yet three out of every four participants in a […]
30 / 01 / 23
If you’re ever feeling down about what you’ve achieved in life, this surprising fact might cheer you up. You managed to rewire your own brain before you were ten years old. There – feel better now? You should. Mozart may have composed his first symphony when he was eight, but he has nothing on you. […]
29 / 06 / 22
As you read this, a miracle is happening. Your eye is detecting dots and squiggles on the screen in front of you and your brain is translating them into a voice in your head. Just glancing at your phone or clicking a link in an email is enough to fire up an entire network […]
13 / 12 / 21
A while ago (OK, quite a while ago), I announced that I was starting a research project on the science of written communication, with a view to writing a book on the subject. I also said I would be posting regular updates on that research both here and on my personal blog. But since then, […]
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