Check out this: https://www.ted.com/talks/anil_seth_how_your_brain_hallucinates_your_conscious_reality https://www.ted.com/talks/anil_seth_how_your_brain_halluc

Check out this: https://www.ted.com/talks/anil_seth_how_your_brain_hallucinates_your_conscious_reality https://www.ted.com/talks/anil_seth_how_your_brain_hallucina... Neural nets are doing something that the mind does too - it takes visual input, then it "predicts" and "fills in the blanks" (aka hallucinates) so that you "see" what you expect to see. Its why you dont notice your blind spot. Its also interesting to note that this process appears to change as we age: https://www.npr.org/2016/04/17/474569125/your-brain-on-lsd-looks-a-lot-like-a-babys https://www.npr.org/2016/04/17/474569125/your-brain-on-lsd-l...