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In the past few years, artificial intelligence models of language have become very good at certain tasks. Most notably, they excel at predicting the next
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How Artificial Neural Networks Help Us Understand Neural Networks in the Human Brain
Experts from psychology, neuroscience, and AI settle a seemingly intractable historical debate in neuroscience opening a world of possibilities for using AI to study the brain.
Jul 27, 2021 |
Andrew Myers
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Neuroscience is a relatively young discipline. This is especially true in relation to the physical sciences. While we understand a great deal about how, for example, physical properties emerge from atomic/subatomic forces, comparatively little is known about how intelligent behavior emerges from neural function.
In order to make traction on this problem, neuroscientists often rely on intuitive concepts like perception and memory, enabling them to understand the relationship between the brain and behavior. In this way, the field has begun to characterize neural function in broad strokes.