We barely understand our own brains, but from what we do know, they are very different from how a computer works.

So no, that Fancy Autocorrect purporting to be the AI helper from fiction is not a 'mind' or a god. We cannot replicate what we barely understand, we're just fooling ourselves with an old mentalists' trick right now.

https://www.iflscience.com/does-the-human-brain-have-a-finite-memory-capacity-79397

#AI #HumanMemory

We are organizing and hosting the USA Memory Championship Organization's "Tournament of Memory Champions" at the Kresge Auditorium at MIT on November 10th(Sunday).

During the event, we will have short scientific talks about the benefits of mnemonic and cognitive training in health and in education.

The event is free and open to the public!

Please register here, and join us if you are in the Boston area:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-mit-tournament-of-memory-champions-tickets-1042035515277

#HumanMemory #BiologicalMemory #Neuroscience #Biology #Mnemonics #CognitiveTraining #MIT #USAMC

Eidetic memory: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eidetic_memory

The Mystery of S., the Man with an Impossible Memory
https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/the-mystery-of-s-the-man-with-an-impossible-memory

John von Neumann was similarly gifted: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_von_Neumann#Eidetic_memory

His Wikipedia page is *very* interesting.

[see also] Episodic memory: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Episodic_memory

#HumanMemory #EideticMemory #vonNeumann #EpisodicMemory #memory #intellect #PhotographicMemory