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Can we read the human mind?
Guy Gaziv, Postdoctoral Researcher, MIT Dept. of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
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Can we read the human mind?
Guy Gaziv, Postdoctoral Researcher, MIT Dept. of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Want to learn more? https://teachmesomething.mit.edu/tms/can-we-read-human-mind
![Aligning deep networks with human vision will require novel neural architectures, data diets and ...
Thomas Serre, Brown University
[full title] Aligning deep networks with human vision will require novel neural architectures, data diets and training algorithms
Abstract: Recent advances in artificial intelligence have been mainly driven by the rapid scaling of deep neural networks (DNNs), which now contain unprecedented numbers of learnable parameters and are trained on massive datasets, covering large portions of the internet. This scaling has enabled DNNs to develop visual competencies that approach human levels. However, even the most sophisticated DNNs still exhibit strange, inscrutable failures that diverge markedly from human-like behavior—a misalignment that seems to worsen as models grow in scale.
In this talk, I will discuss recent work from our group addressing this misalignment via the development of DNNs that mimic human perception by incorporating computational, algorithmic, and representational principles fundamental to natural intelligence. First, I will review our ongoing efforts in characterizing human visual strategies in image categorization tasks and contrasting these strategies with modern deep nets. I will present initial results suggesting we must explore novel data regimens and training algorithms for deep nets to learn more human-like visual representations. Second, I will show results suggesting that neural architectures inspired by cortex-like recurrent neural circuits offer a compelling alternative to the prevailing transformers, particularly for tasks requiring visual reasoning beyond simple categorization. Aligning deep networks with human vision will require novel neural architectures, data diets and ...](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/IiYjQdpXtNQ/mqdefault.jpg)



![Do flies sleep?
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Jessica Chomik-Morales, Research Scholar, MIT Dept. of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
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Why Do Fruit Flies Take Naps? NHLBI Investigator Studies Connections Between Sleep Patterns and Gene Networks in Fruit Flies [NIH] - https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/directors-messages/why-fruit-flies-take-naps
Fruit Flies Reveal Sleep Secrets [Scientific American] - https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fruit-flies-reveal-sleep/
Fly naps inspire dreams of sleep genetics [Science News] - https://www.sciencenews.org/article/fly-naps-inspire-dreams-sleep-genetics
A Dynamic Deep Sleep Stage in Drosophila [NIH] - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3670110/ Do flies sleep?](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/JRsQv_G5NfQ/mqdefault.jpg)





