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BI 091 Carsen Stringer: Understanding 40,000 Neurons
Carsen and I discuss how she uses 2-photon calcium imaging data from over 10,000 neurons to understand the information processing of such large neural...
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BI 090 Chris Eliasmith: Building the Human Brain
Chris and I discuss his Spaun large scale model of the human brain (Semantic Pointer Architecture Unified Network), as detailed in his book How...
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BI 089 Matt Smith: Drifting Cognition
Matt and I discuss how cognition and behavior drifts over the course of minutes and hours, and how global brain activity drifts with it....
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BI 088 Randy O'Reilly: Simulating the Human Brain
Randy and I discuss his LEABRA cognitive architecture that aims to simulate the human brain, plus his current theory about how a loop between...
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BI 087 Dileep George: Cloning for Cognitive Maps
When a waiter hands me the bill, how do I know whether to pay it myself or let my date pay? On this episode,...
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BI 086 Ken Stanley: Open-Endedness
Ken and I discuss open-endedness, the pursuit of ambitious goals by seeking novelty and interesting products instead of advancing directly toward defined objectives. We...