Infant Common Sense, Magnetoreception, Depression Posture

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4.6 • 935 Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2023

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Today we discuss how infants beat out AI when it comes to common sense, how fruit flies’ use of magnetoreceptors can teach about humans, and what depression has to do with your posture.

Infant Common Sense

“Commonsense psychology in human infants and machines” by Gala Stojnić et al.
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0010027723000409
“Infants Outperform AI in “Commonsense Psychology”” by James Devitt
- https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2023/february/infants-outperform-ai-in--commonsense-psychology-.html
“Careers Up Close: Moira R. Dillon on Infants and Children, Humanlike AI, and Commonsense Psychology” by Moira R. Dillon
- https://www.psychologicalscience.org/observer/careers-up-close-moira-dillon
“AI-powered Bing Chat spills its secrets via prompt injection attack [Updated]” by BENJ EDWARDS
- https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/02/ai-powered-bing-chat-spills-its-secrets-via-prompt-injection-attack/

Magnetoreception

“Animals' 'sixth sense' is more widespread than previously thought” by University of Manchester
- https://phys.org/news/2023-02-animals-sixth-widespread-previously-thought.html
“Essential elements of radical pair magnetosensitivity in Drosophila” by Adam A. Bradlaugh
- https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-05735-z
“Magnetism in Animals” by Apex Magnets
- https://www.apexmagnets.com/news-how-tos/magnetism-in-animals/#:~:text=Animals%20known%20to%20have%20magnetoreception,conditions%20of%20the%20magnetic%20field.

Depression Posture

“A New Bodily Approach for Treating Anxiety and Depression” by Vanessa Lancaster
- https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/finding-a-new-home/202301/a-new-bodily-approach-for-treating-anxiety-and-depression
“Motor alterations in depression and anxiety disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis” by Emma Elkjær et al.
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36037990/
“How can emotions be both cognitive and bodily?” by Michelle Maiese
- https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11097-014-9373-z
“Evolution and function of multimodal courtship displays” by Clémentine Mitoyen, Cliodhna Quigley, and Leonida Fusani
- https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/eth.12882

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0:00.0	Hi, you're about to get smarter in just a few minutes with Curiosity Daily from Discovery.
0:09.0	Time flies when you're learning super cool stuff. I'm Nate.
0:12.0	And I'm Callie. If you're dropping in for the first time
0:14.4	welcome to curiosity where we aim to blow your mind by helping you to grow your mind.
0:18.8	If you're a loyal listener, welcome back. Today you'll learn about how infants beat out AI when it comes to common sense, how fruit
0:26.2	flies use of magneto receptors can teach us about humans and what depression has to do with
0:31.7	your posture.
0:33.0	Without further ado, let's satisfy some curiosity.
0:36.0	Okay, okay, okay, Nate, Nate, Nate,
0:39.0	Nate, Nate, I have an idea, I have an idea.
0:42.0	To pitch to our very good friends at Warner Brothers Discovery
0:45.1	it is a pitch for a game show called is your infant smarter than artificial
0:50.0	intelligence according to a new study out of New York University.
0:53.0	Okay, I Y, I S, T A I A N S, O O-Y-E, even the acronym, that's a little wordy, a little much, so I don't think you can get too
1:09.2	far with your pitch, but the study sounds interesting, I assume the study is real.
1:14.5	Oh yeah, it's a real study.
1:15.9	So to get to the actual story, a few researchers at NYU
1:19.8	became intrigued recently by the phenomenon of common sense AI, artificial intelligence that
1:25.1	predicts your actions based on your past actions. So for example you're talking to
1:30.1	your friend about a new game show for Warner Brothers Discovery.
1:33.4	You look down at your phone and suddenly you're being targeted with an ad for HBO Max,
1:37.8	which isn't a game show, but it is a Warner Brothers Discovery product just the same.
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