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The Dennett Consortium for Brain and Cognitive Science is an assemblage of research and teaching initiatives across Tufts School of Arts and Sciences.
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Remembering Psychology Professor Sam Sommers
A member of the Tufts faculty since 2003, he studied the psychological causes and consequences of racism
AI Needs to Work on Its Conversation Game
Researchers discover why AI does a poor job of knowing when to chime in on a conversation
The Sign of a Great Mentor: An Appreciation of Daniel Dennett
I spent so much time thinking with him and reading him that I find an unconscious influence within me now
Remembering Daniel C. Dennett, University and Fletcher Professor of Philosophy Emeritus
Daniel C. Dennett, a once-in-a-generation scholar, teacher, and colleague, passed away early this morning
AI Chatbots Work by Predicting the Next Word. So Do Our Brains. Is There a Connection?
A cognitive scientist studying language comprehension explains the difference between how the likes of ChatGPT work and how we think—and what we can learn from that.