Learning is path-finding
Is one kind of neural circuit required to process visual information, another type to parse speech, and yet another to … Continue reading Learning is path-finding
Tag: neurophilosophy
Neurons are case evaluators
What is a neuron good for? What was Mother Nature thinking when she created it? We know that the neuron … Continue reading Neurons are case evaluators
Reason, Intelligence and Understanding
Not too long ago I came across a compilation of ChatGPT’s mistakes at reasoning [5]. The fact that a language … Continue reading Reason, Intelligence and Understanding
Adventures in a Patternless Universe
“Most observable patterns of nature arise from aggregation of numerous small-scale processes… Aggregation tends to smooth fluctuations.”– S. A. Frank … Continue reading Adventures in a Patternless Universe
Between Mnemosyne and Cassandra
“There is no greater sorrow than to be mindful of the happy time in misery.” Dante Alighieri, Inferno (Canto V) … Continue reading Between Mnemosyne and Cassandra
Intelligence and Thought
I have reached a point where the various social dilemmas (problems of my social life) and intellectual dilemmas (problems of … Continue reading Intelligence and Thought
On Thought
Let’s start with thought. That act of sequence generation, which it is most of the time considered the pinnacle of … Continue reading On Thought
The Brain and the Signal
What sound does a tree falling in a forest make if no one is around to hear it? Answer: none, … Continue reading The Brain and the Signal
Rachael or the legitimacy of memory
It’s been already a few years since I play around in my head with the following situation. I imagine myself … Continue reading Rachael or the legitimacy of memory
On Morphology (and contra some current machine learning techniques)
I am currently working in a project that involves some sort of text mining and natural language processing (NLP). For … Continue reading On Morphology (and contra some current machine learning techniques)
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