When René Descartes watched a mechanical figure move with lifelike precision in the 17th century, the scene unsettled him.

A new theoretical framework argues that the long-standing split between computational functionalism and biological naturalism misses how real brains actually compute.

Right now, the debate about consciousness often feels frozen between two entrenched positions. On one side sits computational ...

Abstract: Virtual Reality (VR) technologies offer compelling experiences by allowing users to immerse themselves in simulated environments interacting through avatars. However, despite its ability to ...

In 1994, Bill Gates (opens in new tab) wanted to show people how much information could fit on a CD-ROM. Instead of using the then unfamiliar measurement of 700 megabytes, he published a picture of ...

The African National Congress’s (ANC) Mid-term report, delivered by Secretary General Fikile Mbalula, paints a grim picture of the party’s current state. Around 2000 delegates have gathered at the ...

Abstract: Most recent semantic segmentation methods adopt a fully-convolutional network (FCN) with an encoder-decoder architecture. The encoder progressively reduces the spatial resolution and learns ...