Tim Requarth

1 month ago | thetransmitter.org | Tim Requarth

Director of graduate science writing, Research Assistant Professor of Neuroscience and Physiology NYU Grossman School of Medicine Share this article: Tags: From bench to bot, Artificial intelligence, Craft and careers “It has not escaped our notice,” wrote James Watson and Francis Crick in one of the most famous conclusions ever to appear in the scientific literature, “that the specific pairing we have postulated immediately suggests a possible copying mechanism for the genetic material.”...

Oct 29, 2024 | thetransmitter.org | Jill Adams |Charles Choi |Claudia Lopez Lloreda |Tim Requarth

Here is a roundup of autism-related news and research spotted around the web for the week of 28 October. Contributing writer Share this article: Tags: Spectrum, Autism, Science and society, Spotted Altered cerebellar and cortical structures in autistic children are related and may give rise to changes in functional connectivity with maturation. Spectrum has previously reported on cerebellum size and neurodevelopmental conditions.

Oct 29, 2024 | thetransmitter.org | Claudia Lopez Lloreda |Jill Adams |Angie Voyles Askham |Tim Requarth

Choosing what ice cream to buy may take only a couple of seconds. But in the moments between seeing dozens of flavors and selecting chocolate, a flurry of activity courses through a person’s brain. This decision-making surge flows across multiple brain areas in parallel as information guiding the choice—the taste or color of each flavor—accumulates, two new independent studies in rodents suggest.

Oct 29, 2024 | thetransmitter.org | Claudia Lopez Lloreda |Angie Voyles Askham |Jill Adams |Tim Requarth

Explore more from The Transmitter Here is a roundup of autism-related news and research spotted around the web for the week of 28 October. Here is a roundup of autism-related news and research spotted around the web for the week of 28 October. By To draft the most effective prompt, assume the stance of teacher. To draft the most effective prompt, assume the stance of teacher.

Oct 27, 2024 | thetransmitter.org | Tim Requarth |Paul Middlebrooks |Angie Voyles Askham

Shortly after ChatGPT hit the public consciousness, The Atlantic declared that prompting, or interacting with artificial intelligence to get the response you desire, will be “The Most Important Job Skill of This Century.” Companies offer salaries along the lines of $300K for “prompt engineers.” And a new species of internet influencer, the prompt guru, emerged to clutter social media feeds with impossibly complex instructions for AI chatbots guaranteed to “10x productivity.” Although it’s...