Our eyes can frequently play tricks on us, but scientists have discovered that some artificial intelligence can fall for the ...

Perception researchers have discovered many illusions where context affects perceived size and distance. A great example of this is the Ponzo illusion (reviewed in an earlier blog post). The Ponzo ...

Featuring a blurry image of abstract yellows, oranges, purples and blues, this optical illusion appears pretty plain. It's ...

Have you ever looked at an image and doubted what your eyes were telling you? Well, you are not the only one because such optical illusions commonly take place when your brain wrongly interprets what ...

Sometimes, what we see in art is not the whole story. Many classic painters were true masters of illusion, skillfully embedding hidden figures, double meanings, and visual tricks into their works. If ...

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As artificial intelligence grows more sophisticated by the day, the notion of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) looms large—a machine that can think and reason like and even better than humans.