A Purpose for Nondeterminism: Statistical Inference in the Brain
Nondeterminism isn’t just a quantum byproduct—it serves a critical role in neural computation.
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2017
2016
Evolution’s Paramount Gift: The Ability to Learn
To solve intelligence, we must solve the learning dynamics of the brain.
20 Questions and Information Theory
Information Theory is arguably one of the most beautiful and profound set of ideas that our race has developed.
2015
Increasing the Efficiency of Labor
A new paradigm for technological development has risen to prominence in the 21st century.
Why A.I. Makes Surveillance Exponentially More Powerful
News flash: no human monitor is necessary in order for surveillance programs to understand a person’s text messages in the truest sense of the word!
Knowledge Atoms and Representational Features
Recently, researchers have devised learning algorithms that enable machines to develop high-level knowledge structures.
DeepMind’s Subtle Revolution
DeepMind’s Atari agent learns to play video games in the same way that infant mammals learn to perform various functions.
The Power of Information
The process by which intelligent systems develop assigns an inherent value to data.