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Articles on tools, systems, innovation, digital change, and the practical consequences of technological development.

The Computational Biology of Consciousness: Mapping the Science of Awareness

The Computational Biology of Consciousness: Mapping the Science of Awareness

Computational consciousness research links neuroscience and modeling to test theories like global workspace, IIT, and recurrent processing. Advances in imaging, metrics, and simulation now shape medicine, AI, and ethics as scientists map how biological systems generate subjective experience.

Adjoint Sampling: Teaching AI to Create Better Samples, Faster

Artificial Intelligence

Adjoint Sampling: Teaching AI to Create Better Samples, Faster

Adjoint Sampling trains diffusion models to sample from unnormalized densities with far fewer energy evaluations, using stochastic optimal control, replay buffers, and symmetry-aware architectures to scale efficiently and achieve strong results in molecular conformer generation.