David and I discuss the latest efforts he and his Elemental Cognition team have made to create machines that can understand stories the way humans can and do. The long term vision is to create what David calls "thought partners", which are virtual assistants that can learn and synthesize a massive amount of information for us when we need that information for whatever project we're working on. We also discuss the nature of understanding, language, the role of the biological sciences for AI, and more.
Show Notes: Nando’s CIFAR page.Follow Nando on Twitter: @NandoDF He's giving a keynote address at Cognitive Computational Neuroscience Meeting 2020.Check out his famous machine...
Show notes: Tim’s Neuroscience homepage: Follow Tim on Twitter: @behrenstim. Edward Tolman’s cognitive maps work: Cognitive maps in rats and men. Place Cells and...
Phillip and I discuss his company Brainworks, which uses the latest neuroscience to build AI into its products. We talk about their first product,...
