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Steve and I discuss his book Conscious Mind, Resonant Brain: How Each Brain Makes a Mind. The book is a huge collection of his models and their predictions and explanations for a wide array of cognitive brain functions. Many of the models spring from his Adaptive Resonance Theory (ART) framework, which explains how networks of neurons deal with changing environments while maintaining self-organization and retaining learned knowledge. ART led Steve to the hypothesis that all conscious states are resonant states, which we discuss. There are also guest questions from György Buzsáki, Jay McClelland, and John Krakauer.
0:00 – Intro
2:38 – Conscious Mind, Resonant Brain
11:49 – Theoretical method
15:54 – ART, learning, and consciousness
22:58 – Conscious vs. unconscious resonance
26:56 – Györy Buzsáki question
30:04 – Remaining mysteries in visual system
35:16 – John Krakauer question
39:12 – Jay McClelland question
51:34 – Any missing principles to explain human cognition?
1:00:16 – Importance of an early good career start
1:06:50 – Has modeling training caught up to experiment training?
1:17:12 – Universal development code
Patreon for full episodes and Discord community:
patreon.com/braininspired
Show notes: braininspired.co/podcast/115
Free Video Series: Open Questions in AI and Neuroscience:
braininspired.co/open
Apple podcasts: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/brain-inspired/id1428880766?mt=2
Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/2UZj8c8Ap5oc2gh2rJxLLe
Steve and I discuss his book Conscious Mind, Resonant Brain: How Each Brain Makes a Mind. The book is a huge collection of his models and their predictions and explanations for a wide array of cognitive brain functions. Many of the models spring from his Adaptive Resonance Theory (ART) framework, which explains how networks of neurons deal with changing environments while maintaining self-organization and retaining learned knowledge. ART led Steve to the hypothesis that all conscious states are resonant states, which we discuss. There are also guest questions from György Buzsáki, Jay McClelland, and John Krakauer.
0:00 – Intro
2:38 – Conscious Mind, Resonant Brain
11:49 – Theoretical method
15:54 – ART, learning, and consciousness
22:58 – Conscious vs. unconscious resonance
26:56 – Györy Buzsáki question
30:04 – Remaining mysteries in visual system
35:16 – John Krakauer question
39:12 – Jay McClelland question
51:34 – Any missing principles to explain human cognition?
1:00:16 – Importance of an early good career start
1:06:50 – Has modeling training caught up to experiment training?
1:17:12 – Universal development code
