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In some sense, one could think of human dreams as synthetic data generation. Surely looks a lot like one part of the brain (one network) generates samples to tr
by Erlich_Bachman 6y ago
In some sense, one could think of human dreams as synthetic data generation. Surely looks a lot like one part of the brain (one network) generates samples to train some other networks in the brain. Perhaps to consolidate the knowledge across all systems, or transfer it from one high-level, flexible slow network to another - a fast, responsive, dumb but highly customized one, both to be used in different situations or for different aspects of life.
- larme 6y agoNever thought this way, great perspective.
- Fishysoup 6y agoas a neuroscientist it seems that sleep + dreaming is a lot more complex than that (and nobody really knows what either of those does). but in terms of learning and bridges to regression (DL) and other machine learning, my suspicion would be it helps with generalization + relating experiences to one another, as well as consolidation.
- ricksharp 6y agoI’ve often wondered if nightmares serve to prepare us to act quickly in worse-case type scenarios. Our mind responding to stress by saying, ok if this goes really bad, what are you gonna do about it.