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News
Date
May 23, 2019

Categorized
Medicine and Health, Natural Intelligence, Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
Brain Injury, human brain, Neuromodulation}

How the Injured Brain Heals Itself: Our Amazing Neuroplasticity

_{Jonathan Sackier is a pioneer in non-invasive techniques for speeding the healing of traumatic brain injuries} _{News
May 23, 2019

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Medicine and Health, Natural Intelligence, Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind}

People who have come back from catastrophic injuries like Bill Zoller's intrigue neuroscientists because they offer a glimpse into the neuroplasticity that enables the brain to restore lost functions, which we can learn to augment.

The Human Brain: Even Basic Facts Are Hotly Contested

_{Keep that in mind when AI boosters claim that their product will function like a human brain} _{News
April 30, 2019

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Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind}

When we read that “Scientists Are Closer to Making Artificial Brains That Operate Like Ours Do”, we might ask: If career researchers dispute the question of how the brain works at basic levels, how can non-experts be so sure they have replicated it?

The Brain Exceeds the Most Powerful Computers in Efficiency

_{Human thinking takes vastly less computational effort to arrive at the same conclusions.} _{Eric Holloway
February 6, 2019

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Natural Intelligence}

All of the tasks that AI accomplishes require a certain amount of memory, computational power, and time. We have a good enough understanding of the human brain to measure the same quantities used for the same tasks. Thus, we can measure the difference between what minds and machines require to solve the same problem. Read More ›

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Mind Matters
Date
November 10, 2018

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Natural Intelligence, Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
computer, human brain, neuron}

Brains are not billions of little computers

_{Despite the hype. Also, life forms are not machines and neurons are not neural networks} _{Mind Matters
November 10, 2018

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Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Natural Intelligence, Philosophy of Mind}

Life forms exist in a dance with their environment (homeostasis) that requires constant adjustment, an adjustment generated by the inner drive to continue in existence. How does the drive come to be there? The analogy between life forms and machines like computers is not particularly convincing, on close examination. Read More ›