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The Self-Assembling Brain: How Neural Networks Grow Smarter
by 作者: Peter Robin Hiesinger
Publisher Finelybook 出版社: Princeton University Press (8 Jun. 2021)
Language 语言: English
pages 页数: 384 pages
ISBN-10 书号: 0691181225
ISBN-13 书号: 9780691181226
Book Description
What neurobiology and artificial intelligence tell us about how the brain builds itself
How does a neural network become a brain? While neurobiologists investigate how nature accomplishes this feat,computer scientists interested in artificial intelligence strive to achieve this through technology. The Self-Assembling Brain tells the stories of both fields,exploring the historical and modern approaches taken by 作者: the scientists pursuing answers to the quandary: What information is necessary to make an intelligent neural network?
As Peter Robin Hiesinger argues,“the information problem” underlies both fields,motivating the questions driving forward the frontiers of research. How does genetic information unfold during the years-long process of human brain development―and is there a quicker path to creating human-level artificial intelligence? Is the biological brain just messy hardware,which scientists can improve upon by 作者: running learning algorithms on computers? Can AI by 作者: pass the evolutionary programming of “grown” networks? Through a series of fictional discussions between researchers across disciplines,complemented by 作者: in-depth seminars,Hiesinger explores these tightly linked questions,highlighting the challenges facing scientists,their different disciplinary perspectives and approaches,as well as the common ground shared by 作者: those interested in the development of biological brains and AI systems. In the end,Hiesinger contends that the information content of biological and artificial neural networks must unfold in an algorithmic process requiring time and energy. There is no genome and no blueprint that depicts the final product. The self-assembling brain knows no shortcuts.
Written for readers interested in advances in neuroscience and artificial intelligence,The Self-Assembling Brain looks at how neural networks grow smarter
