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Re:The Overfitted Brain: Dreams evolved to assist generaliza... by ancaster on Sunday July 26, 2020 @10:21AM (#23957207)
I recall this being essentially the inspiration for the naming of the Wake-Sleep algorithm of Boltzmann machines.
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Re:The Overfitted Brain: Dreams evolved to assist generaliza... by isanybodythere on Sunday July 26, 2020 @10:34AM (#23957319)
In the paper: "It is worth noting that the proposal of a "wake/sleep" specific algorithm for unsupervised learning of generative models based on feedback from stochastic stimulation goes back 25 years (Hinton et al., 1995)"
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