Uri and I discuss his recent perspective that conceives of brains as super-over-parameterized models that try to fit everything as exactly as possible rather than trying to abstract the world into usable models. He was inspired by the way artificial neural networks overfit data when they can, and how evolution works the same way on a much slower timescale.
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In this second part of our conversation, (listen to the first part) David and I discuss his thoughts about current language and speech techniques...
Show notes: Paul Humphreys’ website.Zac Irving’s website.Emergence: Emergence: A Philosophical Account. (book by Paul)The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Science. Mind Wandering: Mind-Wandering is...
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