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Anil Ananthaswamy

Anil Ananthaswamy is a science journalist who writes about AI and machine learning, physics, and computational neuroscience. He’s a 2019-20 MIT Knight Science Journalism fellow. His latest book is Why Machines Learn: The Elegant Math Behind Modern AI.

The Elegant Math of Machine Learning

Anil Ananthaswamy’s 3 greatest revelations while writing <i>Why Machines Learn.</i>

July 23, 2024

Psychedelics Open a New Window on the Mechanisms of Perception

Hallucinatory drugs may allow our brains to let go of prior beliefs.

July 7, 2021

Why You Can’t Help But Act Your Age

The surprising relationship between mindset and getting old.

November 7, 2016

The Wisdom of the Aging Brain

Tantalizing evidence suggests that brain activity shifts to increase wisdom as we age.