On 5/10/21, Matt Mahoney <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, May 10, 2021, 4:16 PM Mike Archbold <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I can't speak for Colin but I do know that he isn't implementing >> algorithms.... >> > > Exactly. He is proposing an "Xchip" that reproduces the electrical noise > produced by real neurons. What he isn't proposing is any sort of > experiment, or any chip design, or any rational argument why this noise is > important other than that the last 70 years of trying to solve AI have > failed. He conveniently ignores all the progress we have made in AI with > neural networks that model the spiking rate as a continuous signal > representing a clamped, weighted sum of inputs and that learn by adjusting > anything that reduces the output error. It's like he is trying to > understand social networks by studying the noise from the CPU circuit > board. > > When Colin can answer my and WOM's questions I will take him seriously. But > I don't expect that to ever happen.
Well, your argument is a classic "begging the question" where you have already presumed the strong electromagnetic field is just noise. Maybe it is. Maybe not. Maybe partly. Plainly a lot happens at the cell level with electric field action. Ions are moving around, eg into cells, subject to electric fields. What happens at a macro brain level or the middle stages with EMF? Why is there a presumption that such activity is noise? ------------------------------------------ Artificial General Intelligence List: AGI Permalink: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/T7c7052974ce450f1-M464a6c100625ff83a93d95e3 Delivery options: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/subscription
