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> We have little to no idea how actual neurons (let alone entire brains) really work. I think that slights neuroscience, which has devoted the past 60 years t
by hyperbovine 10y ago
> We have little to no idea how actual neurons (let alone entire brains) really work.
I think that slights neuroscience, which has devoted the past 60 years to answering this question, to a fair degree. But I agree that the biomimetic motivations offered up for various flavors of neural net feel pretty bogus. It seems to me like, among the major old-school researchers in the field, only Geoff Hinton still does this.
- throwaway287391 10y agoFair. I was definitely unnecessarily harsh on neuroscience; my quibble is only with my own community's claims that what we're doing is anything like how the brain works. Thanks to you and sxg for correcting the record.
- SubiculumCode 10y agoI think that what neuroscience has found out in the last 60 years is that neurons and synapses are more complex than they had ever dreamed. I could say the same about genetics, btw. Biology has turned out to be incredibly complex.