Colin: others such as Hynna and Boahen at Stanford, who have an unusual hardware neural architecture...(Hynna, K. M. and Boahen, K. 'Thermodynamically equivalent silicon models of voltage-dependent ion channels', Neural Computation vol. 19, no. 2, 2007. 327-350.) ...and others ... then things will be diverse and authoritative. In particular, those who have recently essentially squashed the computational theories of mind from a neuroscience perspective- the 'integrative neuroscientists':
Poznanski, R. R., Biophysical neural networks : foundations of integrative neuroscience, Mary Ann Liebert, Larchmont, NY, 2001, pp. viii, 503 p. Pomerantz, J. R., Topics in integrative neuroscience : from cells to cognition, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK ; New York, 2008, pp. xix, 427 p. Gordon, E., Ed. (2000). Integrative neuroscience : bringing together biological, psychological and clinical models of the human brain. Amsterdam, Harwood Colin, This all looks v. interesting - googling quickly. The general integrative approach to the brain's functioning is clearly v. important. *Distinctive Paradigms/Approaches. But are any distinctive models or more specific paradigms emerging? It isn't immediately clear why AGI has to pay special attention here. Can you do a bit more selling of the importance of this field. *Models - I notice some researchers are developing models of the brain's functioning. Are any worthwhile? I called here sometime ago for a Systems Psychology and Systems AI, that would be devoted to developing overall models both of the intelligent brain and of AGI systems. Existing AGI systems like Ben's offer de facto models of what is required for an intelligent mind. So it would be v. valuable to be able to compare different models, both natural and artificial. *Embodied Cognitive Science. How do you see int. neurosci. in relation to this? For example, I noted some purely neuronal models of the self. For me, only integrated brain-body models of the self are valid. *Free Will. An interest of mine. I noted some reference that suggested a neuroscientific attempt to explain this (or perhaps explain it away). Know any more about this? ------------------------------------------- agi Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=117534816-b15a34 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
