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.
In this second part of my conversion with Paul (listen to the first part), we continue our discussion about how to understand brains as...
David, John, and I discuss the role of complexity science in the study of intelligence. In this first part, we talk about complexity itself,...
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...
