It seems the relationship between the brain and deep learning has evolved in such a way that the later can help with insights into how the former works. In thi

It seems the relationship between the brain and deep learning has evolved in such a way that the later can help with insights into how the former works. In this regard, I thought I would mention the extraordinary simple and elegant talk by G. Hinton last summer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DleXA5ADG78 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DleXA5ADG78 It starts from a simple and clever improvement to an existing deep learning method and ends up with beautiful (and simple!) insights on why neurons are using simple spikes to communicate.