Daniel Dennett’s Been Thinking About Thinking—and AI
The longtime philosophy professor recounts his eventful life in a new book, celebrates evolution, and issues a warning about what’s really dangerous about AI
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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.
Celebration of Faculty
An event to honor the Dennett Stibel Professorship of Cognitive Science and the Stibel Family Assistant Professorship of Brain and Cognitive Science.
Jeff Stibel at TEDxTufts
Jeff Stibel presents at TEDxTufts and shares the lessons he learned along his journey about approaching tough challenges, finding resilience, and about what it means to truly be a mentor.
Cognition All the Way Down
University Professor in the Department of Philosophy Daniel Dennett and Michael Levin, Distinguished Professor, Department of Biology, co-author this article in Aeon.
Watch the Wired for Thought Event
On October 22, 2020, we celebrated the launch of the Stibel Dennett Consortium for Brain and Cognitive Science. Watch the recording of the event.
Wired for Thought: Breakthroughs in Brain-Computer & Cognitive Science
A special live broadcast will celebrate the launch of the Stibel Dennett Consortium for Brain and Cognitive Science.
Getting Smarter About the Mind
The new Stibel Dennett Consortium will explore the inner workings of the brain and further Daniel Dennett's legacy at Tufts.
Our Brains, Our Selves
World-renowned philosopher Daniel C. Dennett argues that our inner worlds and religious ideas can be explained as evolutionary functions of the brain.