Thomas and I talk about what happens in the brain’s visual system when you see something versus imagine it. He uses generative encoding and decoding models and brain signals like fMRI and EEG to test the nature of mental imagery. We also discuss the huge fMRI dataset of natural images he’s collected to infer models of the entire visual system, how we’ve still not tapped the potential of fMRI, and more.
Ida and I discuss the current landscape of reinforcement learning in both natural and artificial intelligence, and how the old story of two RL...
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Support the show to get full episodes and join the Discord community. Anil and I discuss a range of topics from his book, BEING...
