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Re:The human brain builds structures in 11 dimensions, disco... by westurner on Sunday November 19, 2023 @02:34PM (#38336861)
Which NN architectures could be sufficient to simulate the entire human brain with spreading activation in 11 dimensions?

- citing the same paper: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18218504

NetworkX does clique identification [1] in memory, and it looks like CuGraph does not yet have a parallel implementation [2]

[1] https://networkx.org/documentation/stable/reference/algorith...

[2] CuGraph docs > List of Supported and Planned Algorithms: https://docs.rapids.ai/api/cugraph/stable/graph_support/algo...

Re:The human brain builds structures in 11 dimensions, disco... by seeknotfind on Sunday November 19, 2023 @02:37PM (#38336907)
> They found that groups of neurons connect into 'cliques', and that the number of neurons in a clique would lead to its size as a high-dimensional geometric object.

So cliques of 11 neurons have been found in the brain? I'd hardly call this 11 dimensional.

Re:The human brain builds structures in 11 dimensions, disco... by lebean on Sunday November 19, 2023 @04:03PM (#38337969)
Does that mean this "4D chess" I keep hearing about is just playing chess with a clique of four neurons?
Re:The human brain builds structures in 11 dimensions, disco... by radiojosh on Sunday November 19, 2023 @03:16PM (#38337356)
I am guessing that they can't actually mean 11 spacial dimensions. Are they saying something analogous to multi-dimensional data structures? Like these things exist in 3D space but they are akin to arrays of arrays?
Re:The human brain builds structures in 11 dimensions, disco... by kazinator on Sunday November 19, 2023 @03:39PM (#38337623)
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Re:The human brain builds structures in 11 dimensions, disco... by I_Am_Nous on Sunday November 19, 2023 @06:03PM (#38339496)
I wonder if it's more like 11 "dimensional analysis" dimensions, rather than space/time+ dimensions. So thinking about something complicated could mean we can process/hold 11 separate variables at a time?
Re:The human brain builds structures in 11 dimensions, disco... by radiojosh on Monday November 20, 2023 @01:49PM (#38352528)
Maybe they're counting "herbs and spices" as dimensions.
Re:The human brain builds structures in 11 dimensions, disco... by I_Am_Nous on Monday November 20, 2023 @08:53PM (#38357838)
>flashbacks to Flavortown
Re:The human brain builds structures in 11 dimensions, disco... by akomtu on Sunday November 19, 2023 @04:08PM (#38338044)
This article is gpt-generated rubbish. Better to read the paper:

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fncom.2017.0004...

Re:The human brain builds structures in 11 dimensions, disco... by layer8 on Sunday November 19, 2023 @06:06PM (#38339525)
String theory confirmed? ;)
Re:The human brain builds structures in 11 dimensions, disco... by catchnear4321 on Sunday November 19, 2023 @09:27PM (#38341432)
jury still out on string theory and supergravity.

that being said…

julian casablancas confirmed.

Re:The human brain builds structures in 11 dimensions, disco... by deafpolygon on Monday November 20, 2023 @12:52PM (#38351498)
does anyone have an ELI5 on this?