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Complexity, Tipping Points, and the Fragility of Large Systems
Large systems fail not gradually but suddenly.
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The Genome as Language, and the Limits of the Metaphor
To call the genome a text is irresistible and misleading in equal measure.
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Entanglement and the Question of What Is Real
Few ideas strain intuition as entanglement does.
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The Predictive Brain and the Economy of Perception
Perception may be less a recording than a wager.
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On the Nature of Emergence in Large Learning Systems
There is a threshold beyond which quantity becomes quality.
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The Quiet Revolution of Learning Without Labels
The most consequential turn in machine learning may be the abandonment of the label.
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Why Attention Became the Organizing Principle of Machine Intelligence
Intelligence, in machines as in minds, may be less a matter of architecture than of attention.
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Artificial Photosynthesis Splits Water With Sunlight
Devices that mimic leaves turn sunlight and water into fuel.
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The Fly Brain Connectome Maps a Complete Nervous System
Researchers completed a wiring diagram of an entire adult fly brain.
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Stem-Cell Therapy Restores Insulin in Diabetes Trial
Lab-grown cells began producing insulin inside patients with type 1 diabetes.