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Maladies
Neighborliness Matters to Your Health
Matthew Gwynfryn Thomas
Drawing from cross-cultural research, an anthropologist shows how neighborliness can lessen wealth-based health disparities.
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Cultural Relativity
Are Insomniacs Overthinking Sleep?
Matthew Gwynfryn Thomas
From WiFi-enabled sleep trackers to wearable brain-altering apps, sleep technology is becoming increasingly sophisticated. But is the antidote to insomnia far more ancient?
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Phenomenon
The Age of Digital Divination
Matthew Gwynfryn Thomas
An anthropologist asks what algorithms and astrology have in common in a digital era of predictive technologies.
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Machinations
Can a Robot Guess What You’re Thinking?
Matthew Gwynfryn Thomas and Djuke Veldhuis
Scientists are trying to create artificial intelligence that can think about others’ thoughts. What might this reveal about perspective-taking in AI, humans, and animals?
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Machinations
Is Artificial Intelligence Magic?
Matthew Gwynfryn Thomas and Djuke Veldhuis
What does the anthropology of magic reveal about how people create and use AI?
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Machinations
Your Body as Part Machine
Matthew Gwynfryn Thomas and Djuke Veldhuis
Humans can operate prosthetic limbs with their minds. What will happen if we become increasingly knitted with technology in the future?
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Machinations
Your Body as a Map
Matthew Gwynfryn Thomas and Djuke Veldhuis
Adornments such as tattoos, piercings, and lip plates help to define our social identities. But what those modifications mean is in constant flux.
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Machinations
The Age of Cultured Machines
Matthew Gwynfryn Thomas and Djuke Veldhuis
Researchers have built a robot that can transfer its skills to other robots. Could this advance pave the way for a robot form of culture?
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Machinations
What If Machines Could Learn the Way Children Do?
Matthew Gwynfryn Thomas and Djuke Veldhuis
Modern-day machines, such as Siri and Amazon’s Alexa, lack intelligence and empathy. Insights from hunter-gatherer communities could pave the way toward more sophisticated gadgets.
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Machinations
Learning to Trust Machines That Learn
Matthew Gwynfryn Thomas and Djuke Veldhuis
What can studies of human relationships tell us about whether or not we should trust artificial intelligence?
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