An Example Application of Artificial Neural Networks in Archaeology
Exploring artificial neural networks in archaeology to predict site occupation dates from ceramic assemblages, enabling finer-grained demographic reconstructions and deeper insights into human experiences in the past.
How Do Artifacts Inform Cultural Evolution? - Alien Crash Site Episode 16
Explore cultural evolution and alien artifacts with cognitive scientist Vanessa Ferdinand. Discover how cultural objects shape our understanding of ourselves, others, and the universe in this thought-provoking discussion.
Rethinking Human Reason - The Social Function and Evolution of Reasoning
Exploring the social function of reason as a tool for justification and persuasion, challenging traditional views on individual cognition and decision-making.
Semantic Information and the Physics of Meaning
Exploring the physics of meaning, this talk delves into semantic information, examining how systems process and organize information, and the fundamental constraints on energy required for information processing.
Archaeological Synthesis and Settlement Scaling Theory
Exploring how settlement scaling theory reveals consistent patterns in human civilizations across time and space, challenging our understanding of societal development and progress.
Political Polling and Polarization: Understanding Decision-Making and Identity Formation
Explore political polarization, decision-making, and identity formation through behavioral models and public polls. Gain insights into social cognition and the complexities of the US political landscape.
Fighting Hate Speech with AI and Social Science
Exploring AI and social science approaches to combat hate speech online, discussing research on classifying hate and counter speech patterns to promote civility in digital spaces.
What Is Feminist Data Science? - Incorporating Feminist Thinking into Data-Driven Research
Explore feminist data science principles and their application in humanities research, including case studies on women's invisible labor, Black activism, and innovative data visualization techniques.
Network Experiments on the Emergence of Shared Categories across Cultures
Exploring how large communication networks lead to similar category systems across cultures, challenging traditional theories and offering insights into cultural evolution and shared understanding.
Alien Crash Site - Speculative Science of Three-Parent Alien Civilizations - Episode 8
Explore speculative "sci-fi science" with SFI researchers, discussing extraterrestrial civilizations, three-parent families, and the interplay between individuals and society. Delve into counterfactuals and their role in scientific research and sci-fi.
Patterns and Parsimony - High-Level Representations in Scientific Modeling
Explore the role of compression in developing effective high-level representations for scientific modeling, and discover why good representations require more than simplicity alone.
Music, Brain, and Networks: A Search for Universality
Explore the intersection of music, neuroscience, and complex systems with experts discussing universal features and evolutionary perspectives across cultures.
Complexity and Creativity in Music - Panel Discussion
Explore the intersection of complexity science and music with experts discussing universal features, evolutionary perspectives, and creative processes across cultures.
Testing Our Way Out of COVID-19: A Bumpy but Possible Path Forward
Explore how frequent, widespread testing with lower sensitivity could dramatically reduce COVID-19 spread and potentially end the pandemic while reopening the economy.
Time Scales and Tradeoffs in Crisis Management - Daniel Schrag Excerpt
Exploring tradeoffs between health, economics, and environment during COVID-19, with insights on managing complex, multi-timescale challenges for coordinated solutions and crisis mitigation.
Time Scales and Tradeoffs in Crisis Management - An Excerpt
Exploring tradeoffs in pandemic response: balancing health, economics, and long-term impacts. Insights on managing complex challenges across different time scales, drawing from climate science, network dynamics, and global policy.
Conceptual Abstraction and Analogy in Natural and Artificial Intelligence
Explore the limitations of AI in conceptual abstraction and analogy-making, examining recent research and discussing implications for real-world applications and AI brittleness.
Crime and Punishment: Stereotypes and Uncertainty in the Justice System
Explore how stereotypes influence criminal justice decisions, from offenders to jurors, and their impact on controversial issues, aiming for a more equitable society.
Cultural Epistemologies, Human-Nature Relationships and Biological Cognition
Explore Native American perspectives on nature, comparing epistemologies and cognitive processes between Native and Non-Native groups through cultural artifacts and developmental studies.
On Coronavirus, Crisis, and Creative Opportunity
Exploring how crises reshape opportunities, this talk examines evolutionary strategies for navigating disruptions and the potential for innovation amidst catastrophe in a post-coronavirus world.
A Simple Law for the Distribution of Long-term Profits
Explore the distribution of long-term profits among US firms, examining statistical models and their implications for understanding economic dynamics and 'superstar' effects.