RE: [agi] Flies Neural Networks

2008-03-16 Thread Ed Porter
networks. Ed Porter -Original Message- From: Mike Tintner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2008 9:02 PM To: agi@v2.listbox.com Subject: [agi] Flies Neural Networks [Someone please explain this to me]: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-03/danl

Re: [agi] Flies Neural Networks

2008-03-16 Thread William Pearson
On 16/03/2008, Ed Porter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am not an expert on neural nets, but from my limited understanding it is far from clear exactly what the new insight into neural nets referred to in this article is, other than that timing neuron firings is important in the brain, which

Re: [agi] Flies Neural Networks

2008-03-16 Thread Mike Tintner
William, This is v. helpful. It sounds like you're saying that neural networks have treated what could actually be different kinds of music, with many of the features of music, such as length of note and rhythm, purely quantitatively for just, say, the number of beats. In which case we could

[agi] Flies Neural Networks

2008-03-15 Thread Mike Tintner
[Someone please explain this to me]: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-03/danl-loa030708.php Language of a fly proves surprising Insect's sensory data tells a new story about neural networks LOS ALAMOS, New Mexico, March 10, 2008-A group of researchers has developed a novel way to view

Re: [agi] Flies Neural Networks

2008-03-15 Thread Matt Mahoney
--- Mike Tintner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [Someone please explain this to me]: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-03/danl-loa030708.php Here is the paper. http://www.menem.com/%7Eilya/wiki/images/1/16/Nemenman-etal-08.pdf An artificial neural network normally models the average rate