Dr Veena D Dwivedi

I am looking forward to presenting my talk "A cognitive neuroscientist asks: Can artificial intelligence 'understand' language?" at Concordia University on Friday December 5 at 3 pm. If you would like to attend, please register via link on poster attached.
@brocku.ca #neuroscience #AI

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‘Quiet, piggy’ and other slurs: Powerful men fuel online abuse against women in politics and media Gender-based violence in politics has democratic costs, diminishing diverse voices and expertise in public office.

‘Quiet, piggy’ and other slurs: Powerful men fuel online abuse against women in politics and media
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We (I and @willenjoy.bsky.social) created a toolbox for simulations of EEG/MEG because we needed to simulate data. Our initial aim was to simulate connectivity. For this short clip, I simulated two sources with phase connectivity using our toolbox.
#brainmovie
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Opinion: Trump’s General Assembly speech endorsed the very things the UN was created to oppose The U.S. President devoted much of his address to trumpeting the concepts of racial nationalism and ethnic expulsion

Trump’s General Assembly speech endorsed the very things the UN was created to oppose — my column

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Birth control’s impact on the brain the focus of student research Psychology master’s student Alison Randell wants to better understand the effects of hormonal birth control on the adolescent brain. “We know how different hormonal contraceptives will affect physical...

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Why and how academic medicine must champion diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... via @thelancet.com @ritamc.bsky.social

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I'm honoured and delighted that Linguaphile was chosen as the winner of this year's W.O. Mitchell City of Calgary Book Prize. Many thanks to the jury, who read through a big pile of books, and warm congrats to my fellow finalists, David Martin and Teresa Wong.

YouTube video by Brock University Veena Dwivedi discusses limits to AI’s ability to ‘understand’ like a human brain

And here's the 1 min vid summary: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PnO...

A neuroscientist explains why it’s impossible for AI to ‘understand’ language Describing artificial intelligence as having neural networks and understanding language has implications for how we understand both AI and the human brain.

Yes! FYI, here's an article where I discuss this: theconversation.com/a-neuroscien...

YouTube video by Brock University Veena Dwivedi discusses limits to AI’s ability to ‘understand’ like a human brain

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PnO...
Check out this 1 min clip where I describe why it's impossible for AI to 'understand' language.
based on @theconversation.com article lnkd.in/gh97_cbW
#Neuroscience @brocku.ca

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PhD researcher sheds light on molecular mechanics of Alzheimer’s Ryan Hallam (BSc '18) had a lot in common with his current PhD supervisor, Aleksandar Necakov, during his days as an undergraduate Neuroscience student. Hallam and the Associate Professor of Biologica...

Congratulations to @brocku.ca #neuroscience alum Ryan Hallam (BSc '18) on prestigious Alzheimer's Society post-doc grant. Congrats to NEUR supervisor, Dr Necakov, too :)

A neuroscientist explains why it’s impossible for AI to ‘understand’ language Describing artificial intelligence as having neural networks and understanding language has implications for how we understand both AI and the human brain.

Check out my new article in The Conversation Canada, based on my research in #Neuroscience at @brocku.ca theconversation.com/a-neuroscien...

Excited for my colloquium, "The cognitive neuroscience of language and context" at University at Buffalo's Center for Cognitive Science this upcoming Wednesday April 16.

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Happy #internationalwomensday! Here's (my daughter) Maya introducing a panel she organized at #McGill University on Decarbonization as part of Women in Renewable Energy. It was a delightful, hopeful evening.