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What I Read: Machine Learning, Not Like Brain

By Andrew Fairless on January 31, 2023December 4, 2022

https://www.kdnuggets.com/2022/11/inescapable-conclusion-machine-learning-like-brain.html The Inescapable Conclusion: Machine Learning Is Not Like Your BrainBy Charles Simon, CEO of FutureAI on November 25, 2022 “The final article in this nine-part series summarizes the manyContinue readingWhat I Read: Machine Learning, Not Like Brain

What I Read: Brain-Inspired Hardware

By Andrew Fairless on May 2, 2022April 24, 2022

https://www.quantamagazine.org/ai-overcomes-stumbling-block-on-brain-inspired-hardware-20220217/ AI Overcomes Stumbling Block on Brain-Inspired HardwareAllison WhittenContributing WriterFebruary 17, 2022 “Algorithms that use the brain’s communication signal can now work on analog neuromorphic chips, which closely mimic ourContinue readingWhat I Read: Brain-Inspired Hardware

What I Read: Brains Predict Their Perceptions

By Andrew Fairless on December 28, 2021November 16, 2021

https://www.quantamagazine.org/to-be-energy-efficient-brains-predict-their-perceptions-20211115/ To Be Energy-Efficient, Brains Predict Their PerceptionsAnil AnanthaswamyNovember 15, 2021 “Results from neural networks support the idea that brains are “prediction machines” — and that they work that wayContinue readingWhat I Read: Brains Predict Their Perceptions

What I Read: Neuron Bursts Can Mimic Famous AI Learning Strategy

By Andrew Fairless on November 1, 2021October 24, 2021

https://www.quantamagazine.org/brain-bursts-can-mimic-famous-ai-learning-strategy-20211018/ Neuron Bursts Can Mimic Famous AI Learning StrategyAllison WhittenOctober 18, 2021“A new model of learning centers on bursts of neural activity that act as teaching signals — approximating backpropagation,Continue readingWhat I Read: Neuron Bursts Can Mimic Famous AI Learning Strategy

What I Read: How Computationally Complex Is a Neuron?

By Andrew Fairless on September 27, 2021September 21, 2021

https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-computationally-complex-is-a-single-neuron-20210902/ How Computationally Complex Is a Single Neuron?by Allison Whitten “Computational neuroscientists taught an artificial neural network to imitate a biological neuron. The result offers a new way to thinkContinue readingWhat I Read: How Computationally Complex Is a Neuron?

What I Read: Neurons, Encode, Timing, Firing

By Andrew Fairless on August 4, 2021July 12, 2021

https://www.quantamagazine.org/a-new-kind-of-information-coding-seen-in-the-human-brain-20210707/ neuroscienceNeurons Unexpectedly Encode Information in the Timing of Their FiringElena RenkenContributing WriterJuly 7, 2021 “A temporal pattern of activity observed in human brains for the first time may explainContinue readingWhat I Read: Neurons, Encode, Timing, Firing

What I Read: Brain ‘Rotates’ Memories to Save Them From New Sensations

By Andrew Fairless on April 18, 2021April 17, 2021

https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-brain-rotates-memories-to-save-them-from-new-sensations-20210415/ The Brain ‘Rotates’ Memories to Save Them From New SensationsJordana CepelewiczStaff WriterApril 15, 2021 “Some populations of neurons simultaneously process sensations and memories. New work shows how the brainContinue readingWhat I Read: Brain ‘Rotates’ Memories to Save Them From New Sensations

What I Read: Neural Nets, How Brains Learn

By Andrew Fairless on March 23, 2021March 7, 2021

https://www.quantamagazine.org/artificial-neural-nets-finally-yield-clues-to-how-brains-learn-20210218/ Artificial Neural Nets Finally Yield Clues to How Brains LearnAnil AnanthaswamyContributing WriterFebruary 18, 2021 “The learning algorithm that enables the runaway success of deep neural networks doesn’t work inContinue readingWhat I Read: Neural Nets, How Brains Learn

What I Read: New Study About Color to Decode ‘The Brain’s Pantone’

By Andrew Fairless on February 8, 2021January 12, 2021

https://www.wired.com/story/a-new-study-about-color-tries-to-decode-the-brains-pantone/ Sara HarrisonScience11.24.2020 07:00 AMA New Study About Color Tries to Decode ‘The Brain’s Pantone’ How do humans perceive color? An NIH experiment finds a way to measure what happensContinue readingWhat I Read: New Study About Color to Decode ‘The Brain’s Pantone’

What I Read: Neural Networks Help Explain Brains

By Andrew Fairless on February 1, 2021January 7, 2021

https://www.quantamagazine.org/deep-neural-networks-help-to-explain-living-brains-20201028/ neuroscienceDeep Neural Networks Help to Explain Living Brains Deep neural networks, often criticized as “black boxes,” are helping neuroscientists understand the organization of living brains.“If their CNN mimicked aContinue readingWhat I Read: Neural Networks Help Explain Brains

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