Neuroscience and artificial intelligence work better together. Brain inspired is a celebration and exploration of the ideas driving our progress to understand intelligence. I interview experts about their work at the interface of neuroscience, artificial intelligence, cognitive science, philosophy, psychology, and more: the symbiosis of these overlapping fields, how they inform each other, where they differ, what the past brought us, and what the future brings. Topics include computational neuroscience, supervised machine learning, unsupervised learning, reinforcement learning, deep learning, convolutional and recurrent neural networks, decision-making science, AI agents, backpropagation, credit assignment, neuroengineering, neuromorphics, emergence, philosophy of mind, consciousness, general AI, spiking neural networks, data science, and a lot more. The podcast is not produced for a general audience. Instead, it aims to educate, challenge, inspire, and hopefully entertain those interested in learning more about neuroscience and AI.
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BI 095 Chris Summerfield and Sam Gershman: Neuro for AI?
It's generally agreed machine learning and AI provide neuroscience with tools for analysis and theoretical principles to test in brains, but there is less agreement about what neuroscience can provide AI. Should computer scientists and engineers care about how brains compute, or will it just slow them down, for example? Chris, Sam, and I discuss how neuroscience might contribute to AI moving forward, considering the past and present. This discussion also leads into related topics, like the role of prediction versus understanding, AGI, explainable AI, value alignment, the fundamental conundrum that humans specify the ultimate values of the tasks AI will solve, and more. Plus, a question from previous guest Andrew Saxe. Also, check out Sam's previous appearance on the podcast.
- Chris's lab: Human Information Processing lab.
- Sam's lab: Computational Cognitive Neuroscience Lab.
- Twitter: @gershbrain; @summerfieldlab
- Papers we discuss or mention or are related:
- If deep learning is the answer, then what is the question?
- Neuroscience-Inspired Artificial Intelligence.
- Building Machines that Learn and Think Like People.
0:00 - Intro 5:00 - Good ol' days 13:50 - AI for neuro, neuro for AI 24:25 - Intellectual diversity in AI 28:40 - Role of philosophy 30:20 - Operationalization and benchmarks 36:07 - Prediction vs. understanding 42:48 - Role of humans in the loop 46:20 - Value alignment 51:08 - Andrew Saxe question 53:16 - Explainable AI 58:55 - Generalization 1:01:09 - What has AI revealed about us? 1:09:38 - Neuro for AI 1:20:30 - Concluding remarks