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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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...
Galit and I discuss the independent roles of prediction and explanation in scientific models, their history and eventual separation in the philosophy of science,...
Support the show to get full episodes and join the Discord community. Mac and I discuss his systems level approach to understanding brains, and...
