Study in India shows kids use different math skills at work vs. school
Students can excel at mental math in marketplace jobs but struggle with formal math in the classroom, and vice versa.
Students can excel at mental math in marketplace jobs but struggle with formal math in the classroom, and vice versa.
“We need to both ensure humans reap AI’s benefits and that we don’t lose control of the technology,” says senior Audrey Lorvo.
The startup NALA, which began as an MIT class project, directly matches art buyers with artists.
The neuroscientist turned entrepreneur will be hosted by the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing and focus on advancing the intersection of behavioral science and AI across MIT.
Industrial policy is said to have sparked huge growth in East Asia. Two MIT economists say the numbers tell a more complex story.
Five MIT faculty members and two additional alumni are honored with fellowships to advance research on beneficial AI.
Laureates participated in various Nobel Week events, including lectures, a concert, a banquet, and the Nobel ceremony on Dec. 10.
Nobel laureate Daron Acemoglu has long studied technology-driven growth. Here’s how he’s thinking about AI’s effect on the economy.
As a child, a civil war drove Mlen-Too Wesley out of Liberia. As an adult, he has returned and is applying what he learned in an MITx MicroMasters program to help the West African nation thrive.
The MIT Sloan professor has become a leading energy economist through original studies that can inform our global climate response.
Selected LEVER collaborators will work with the organization to develop an evaluation of their respective programs that alleviate poverty.
Researchers show that even the best-performing large language models don’t form a true model of the world and its rules, and can thus fail unexpectedly on similar tasks.
Through the Civil Discourse Project at MIT, scholarly debate serves as a model for productive discussions among MIT Concourse students.
The late-in-life health care option reduces patient costs, even as for-profit organizations expand in the sector.
The noninvasive screening procedure can reduce pregnancy risks and lower costs at the same time, but only when targeted effectively.