Big Brains — Are We Making AI Too Human?, with James Evans

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Are We Making AI Too Human?, with James Evans

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Prof. James Evans, a University of Chicago sociologist and data scientist, believes we’re training AI to think too much like humans—and it’s holding science back. In this episode, Evans shares how our current models risk narrowing scientific exploration rather than expanding it, and explains why he’s pushing for AIs…

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