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Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/LmTGyt6fNHw/tech-companies-are-binge-hiring-neuroscientists
Tech Companies Are Binge-Hiring Neuroscientists
pacopico writes: There's a very weird trend going on in Silicon Valley right now where tech giants like Apple, Facebook and Twitter are raiding university neuroscience labs. They're hiring people who do pretty esoteric research on animal brains and putting them in their AI divisions. According to this Bloomberg Businessweek story, part of the reason is simply that the scientists tend to be good at dealing with large amounts of data. But the bigger deal is that these researchers specialize in things like auditory and visual function and even brain/machine interfaces and are being tapped to build new products based on the brain.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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