Dr. Terry Sejnowski

We had this view that nature has solved these problems. There's existence proof that you can solve the vision problem. Look, every animal can see, even insects, right? Come on. Let's figure out how they did it. Maybe we can help by following up on nature. Again, going back to algorithms, I was telling you.

And so in the case of the brain, what makes it different from a digital computer, digital computers basically can run any program, but a fly brain, for example, only runs the program that its special purpose hardware allows it to run.

And so in the case of the brain, what makes it different from a digital computer, digital computers basically can run any program, but a fly brain, for example, only runs the program that its special purpose hardware allows it to run.

And so in the case of the brain, what makes it different from a digital computer, digital computers basically can run any program, but a fly brain, for example, only runs the program that its special purpose hardware allows it to run.

There's enough there, just enough habituation and so forth, so that you can...

There's enough there, just enough habituation and so forth, so that you can...

There's enough there, just enough habituation and so forth, so that you can...

Okay, I can see I've pressed your button here.

Okay, I can see I've pressed your button here.

Okay, I can see I've pressed your button here.

Of course, of course. But you have to, you know, one step at a time. Nature first has to be able to create creatures that can survive. And then, you know, their brains get bigger as the environment gets more complex. And, you know, here we are. But the key is that... It turns out that certain algorithms in the fly brain are present in our brain, like conditioning, classical conditioning.

Of course, of course. But you have to, you know, one step at a time. Nature first has to be able to create creatures that can survive. And then, you know, their brains get bigger as the environment gets more complex. And, you know, here we are. But the key is that... It turns out that certain algorithms in the fly brain are present in our brain, like conditioning, classical conditioning.

Of course, of course. But you have to, you know, one step at a time. Nature first has to be able to create creatures that can survive. And then, you know, their brains get bigger as the environment gets more complex. And, you know, here we are. But the key is that... It turns out that certain algorithms in the fly brain are present in our brain, like conditioning, classical conditioning.

You can classical condition a fly in terms of training it to, when you give it a reward, it will produce the same action, right? This is like conditioned behavior. And that algorithm that I told you about, that is in your value function, right? Temporal difference learning. That algorithm is in the fly brain. It's in your brain. So we can learn about learning from many species.

You can classical condition a fly in terms of training it to, when you give it a reward, it will produce the same action, right? This is like conditioned behavior. And that algorithm that I told you about, that is in your value function, right? Temporal difference learning. That algorithm is in the fly brain. It's in your brain. So we can learn about learning from many species.

You can classical condition a fly in terms of training it to, when you give it a reward, it will produce the same action, right? This is like conditioned behavior. And that algorithm that I told you about, that is in your value function, right? Temporal difference learning. That algorithm is in the fly brain. It's in your brain. So we can learn about learning from many species.

Right, that's where we are right now. But now, just go into the future now. I'm telling the story about what we already were. We were predicting the future. We were saying, this is an alternative to traditional AI. We were not taken seriously. Everybody was, experts said, no, no, write programs, write programs. They were getting all the resources, the grants, the jobs.

Right, that's where we are right now. But now, just go into the future now. I'm telling the story about what we already were. We were predicting the future. We were saying, this is an alternative to traditional AI. We were not taken seriously. Everybody was, experts said, no, no, write programs, write programs. They were getting all the resources, the grants, the jobs.

Right, that's where we are right now. But now, just go into the future now. I'm telling the story about what we already were. We were predicting the future. We were saying, this is an alternative to traditional AI. We were not taken seriously. Everybody was, experts said, no, no, write programs, write programs. They were getting all the resources, the grants, the jobs.

And we were just like the little furry mammals under the feet of these dinosaurs, right? In retrospect. I love the analogy. But the dinosaurs died off. But the point I'm making is that it's possible for our brain to make these extrapolations into the future. Why not AI versions of brains? Why not? I think your idea is a great one.