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Manmohan Singh’s decisions that shaped a billion lives

Getty Images Manmohan Singh during his oath ceremony in 2004 People in India are reflecting on former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s contribution to the country since his death on Thursday evening. Singh, who held the top post for two consecutive terms between 2004 and 2014, was seen as an architect of India’s economic liberalisation […]

Individual variability of neural computations underlying flexible decisions

The ability to flexibly switch our response to external stimuli according to contextual information is critical for successful interactions with a complex world. Context-dependent computations are necessary across many domains1–3yet their neural implementations remain poorly understood. Here we developed a novel behavioral task in rats to study context-dependent selection and accumulation of evidence for decision-making4−6. […]

Politics

Biden and Xi take a first step to limit AI and nuclear decisions : NPR

President Biden shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Lima, Peru, on Nov. 16, 2024. Leah Millis/Pool/AFP hide caption toggle caption Leah Millis/Pool/AFP LIMA, Peru — President Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday agreed that any decision to use nuclear weapons should […]

Sports

NFL Rumors: Saints to Make Decisions from ‘Derek Carr on Down’ amid High Salary Cap | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors

Matt Kelley/Getty Images The New Orleans Saints will be under the spotlight during the upcoming offseason given their salary-cap situation and questions about their on-field performance, but they reportedly don’t plan to shift into a complete rebuild. NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reported Sunday the NFC South team “isn’t planning for an overhaul” even though “there […]

Business & Finance

Are We Ready For Machines That Make Decisions?

5 Stages of Artificial Intelligence according to OpenAI Charles Towers-Clark On July 9th, 2024, OpenAI unveiled the five-stages of Artificial Intelligence to its employees. Fast forward to October 1st, and OpenAI’s CEO Sam Altman claimed their latest release, o1, had propelled AI from conversational language (level 1) to human reasoning (level 2). While the accuracy […]

Sports

Liverpool’s Arne Slot questions referee decisions despite win

Arne Slot has suggested referee John Brooks wanted to prove he would not be intimidated by the Anfield crowd during Liverpool’s 2-1 win over Chelsea. Sunday’s game featured several VAR checks including an incident in the sixth minute where Tosin Adarabioyo was shown a yellow card for pulling back Diogo Jotawho threatened to burst through […]