Anthropology Magazine
A person lies in bed next to a smartphone displaying numbers and symbols.

Are Insomniacs Overthinking Sleep?

Cultural Relativity
An oil painting shows a group of people sitting near a fire looking at a rooster on the floor of a cabin.

The Age of Digital Divination

Phenomenon
theory of mind - Like other alpha males in chimpanzee troops, Pimu, in Tanzania, has to be vigilant to keep his position.

Can a Robot Guess What You’re Thinking?

Machinations
This elaborately carved canoe prow-board from the Trobriand Islands is meant to dazzle and intimidate viewers.

Is Artificial Intelligence Magic?

Machinations
Cyborgs of the popular imagination have taken a variety of forms.

Your Body as Part Machine

Machinations
New technologies bring a sense of touch to paralysis patients through the use of a mind-controlled robotic arm.

Your Body as a Map

Machinations
Artificial intelligence culture - Individual chimpanzee communities are known to have unique behaviors shaped by social learning.

The Age of Cultured Machines

Machinations
machine learning anthropology - In March 2016, professional Go player Lee Se-dol only won one match out of five against Google’s AlphaGo program in the ancient Chinese game Go.

What If Machines Could Learn the Way Children Do?

Machinations
game theory anthropology - Jeopardy! champions Ken Jennings, left, and Brad Rutter, right, look on as the IBM computer Watson beats them to the buzzer to answer a question during a practice round of the quiz show in Yorktown Heights, New York.

Learning to Trust Machines That Learn

Machinations