Connectionists: {SPAM?} Re: Stephen Hanson in conversation with Geoff Hinton

Stephen José Hanson jose at rubic.rutgers.edu
Fri Feb 4 08:53:00 EST 2022


Good point.

fortunately, there are some folks at Rutgers that has been working this 
very issue for  quite a while:
**Konstantinos Michmizos <mailto:km1078 at cs.rutgers.edu>

and NIH just announced this new program this morning.

New Funding Opportunity:***Neuro-Glia Computational Mechanisms Governing 
Complex Behaviors 
*_https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-MH-22-090.html_ 
<https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-MH-22-090.html>

Cheers Steve

On 2/4/22 8:15 AM, Jolivet, Renaud wrote:
>> However, there still is a problem: Neural network's can't implement the needed simulations; they cannot achieve the same cognitive effect that human minds can (or animal minds can).
> 80% of the cells in the human cortex are not neurons, but glial cells (incl. vasculature).
>
> Neuroscience first has to become less neurocentric.
>
> Cheers,
> Renaud
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