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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">Dear Connectionists colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">I have attached below the title and url of a two-hour video podcast about my life and work developing neural network models of how our brains make our minds, and
applying them to solve large-scale problems in engineering, technology, and AI.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">The podcast discussion is wide-ranging, including:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">How I came to introduce neural networks in 1957 as a college Freshman, and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">How I came to model how resonant brain processes embody conscious awareness.<br>
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The title of the podcast is:<br>
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How Do Resonant Brains Make Conscious Minds?<br>
Towards Solving the Hard Problem of Consciousness<br>
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<a href="https://lnkd.in/eS8n-ZTj" target="_self"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">https://lnkd.in/eS8n-ZTj</span></a><br>
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This is a discussion with Tevin Naidu from his series Mind-Body Solution.<br>
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The podcast was motivated by my Magnum Opus<br>
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CONSCIOUS MIND, RESONANT BRAIN: HOW EACH BRAIN MAKES A MIND<br>
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<a href="https://lnkd.in/eiJh4Ti" target="_self"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">https://lnkd.in/eiJh4Ti</span></a><br>
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that I wrote to be self-contained and non-technical for a general audience.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">Steve Grossberg<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">Stephen Grossberg<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">Wang Professor of Cognitive and Neural Systems<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">Director, Center for Adaptive Systems<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">Emeritus Professor of Mathematics & Statistics, Psychological & Brain Sciences, and Biomedical Engineering<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">Boston University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">sites.bu.edu/steveg/<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:steve@bu.edu"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">steve@bu.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Grossberg"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Grossberg</span></a><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=3BIV70wAAAAJ&hl=en"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=3BIV70wAAAAJ&hl=en</span></a><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://sites.bu.edu/steveg/files/2021/08/Grossberg-CV-8-14-21.pdf"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">https://sites.bu.edu/steveg/files/2021/08/Grossberg-CV-8-14-21.pdf</span></a><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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