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Not true. Geoffrey Hinton is only interested in cognitive science (he said in a speech I heard that he thinks it's delightful that there are practical applicati
by rfrey 10y ago
Not true. Geoffrey Hinton is only interested in cognitive science (he said in a speech I heard that he thinks it's delightful that there are practical applications that lead Google to pay for his research, but he doesn't care at all about them, only about understanding the brain), and Rich Sutton started there and continues to actively follow and think about cognition.
- raverbashing 10y agoTo what it relates to neuroscience I agree, but in the end it's mostly mathematical models that don't connect much to (physical) reality
- rfrey 10y agoI guess my point is that to some of the top researchers, the current developments are a means to an end, and the end is understanding cognition. Totally agreed that if you're into the deep learning/CNN development, especially the practical side, the connection to brains is only through the "neural" analogy.