Mind the Gap: Your Brain Is Already Running the Algorithm

Mind the Gap: Your Brain Is Already Running the Algorithm [curious] A neuroscientist at Dartmouth asks a volunteer to close her eyes and picture an apple. Red, shiny, sitting on a white table. The fMRI lights up. Then they show her an actual photo of an apple — same red, same shine. And the scan... is essentially identical. [surprised] Same neural process. Seeing it. Imagining it. And here's what made the researchers stop cold — the pattern closely mirro... In today's episode, Alex and Maya explore how Toronto's economy, AI's rapid evolution, and behavioural science intersect — and what it all means for how we live and work. Takeaway: [laughing] That's either very comforting or deeply unsettling. Have a great Sunday, everybody. New episodes drop every weekday morning.