Month: April 2020

Thinking About Thinking Machines

A number of other posts so far have touched on what it is that brains do – and for the most part, it’s been summarized as “creating a model of the world”. By this, we’ve meant that certain patterns of neural activity can be understood as representing or standing for some observed pattern of material …

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Defining our Terms

This post, and all posts published on this site, will be constructed using words. I imagine this seems reasonable enough (though there may be hope for some pictures as well!) – words are the foundation of communication across our world. But how well do we actually understand the nuance of this tool? In this post, …

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