Re:Artificial Neural Nets Finally Yield Clues to How Brains ...
by visarga on Saturday February 20, 2021 @01:01PM
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> Organic growth isn't even scoped here.
Other things current AI's are lacking besides growth: embodiment + the social and physical environment, ability to make interventions in the environment, self reproduction, learning from reward signals, autonomy, adaptation, radical open-endedness.
"Patterns of electrical signals in neurons" are just part of the picture. Yes, learning happens there, but learning is fed by signals from the body and environment. It would be silly to focus on the neurons while ignoring the actual content, then start wondering where meaning comes from, and if syntax is enough. Meaning doesn't come from mere neurons, it comes from being an embodied agent.
Other things current AI's are lacking besides growth: embodiment + the social and physical environment, ability to make interventions in the environment, self reproduction, learning from reward signals, autonomy, adaptation, radical open-endedness.
"Patterns of electrical signals in neurons" are just part of the picture. Yes, learning happens there, but learning is fed by signals from the body and environment. It would be silly to focus on the neurons while ignoring the actual content, then start wondering where meaning comes from, and if syntax is enough. Meaning doesn't come from mere neurons, it comes from being an embodied agent.