Gary Marcus

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10/4/2024, 3:57:09 AM
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Thomas G. Dietterich
@tdietterich
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@GaryMarcus Question: Of those cell types, how many of them have well-characterized behavior? It is an astonishing number
Gary Marcus
@GaryMarcus
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304d
I think this is totally wrong, and that (a) we will never understand the brain without having a better handle on why brains have so many cell types and (b) that neural networks as we currently build them are too impoverished to get to general intelligence

But I would also say…
AGIHound
@TrueAIHound
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304d
The large number of cell types is not something we need to worry about too much imo. Biological brains develop from tiny embryos. The various cell types are needed to achieve the correct innate synaptic connections during the growing phase. All neurons process events (spikes).

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