"Care to add a paragraph or two on why Fuster is important for AGI?" — tintner michael
Fuster debunked lots of myths about biological intelligence. Here are just 3 myths he debunked: (In fact, Fuster debunked much more myths.) The Myth of Short-Term Memory in the Brain https://www.facebook.com/notes/juan-carlos-kuri-pinto/the-myth-of-short-term-memory-in-the-brain/10151368303482712 (I noticed OpenCog uses short-term memory extensively. ^_^) Another myth Fuster debunked was the single pyramid of patterns (hierarchy) and grandmother neurons. (In fact, Kurzweil, Hawkins, Hinton, Ng, Hutter, Solomonoff et al believe intelligence is made of a single hierarchy of patterns.) Fuster proved, with evidence and experiments in monkey brains, the brain is made of overlapped inverted pyramids (associative heterarchies) as his summarizing graph shows: < http://www.scholarpedia.org/article/Cortical_memory> Such graph turns traditional, wrong & dogmatic understanding of the brain upside down: From supervised learning to unsupervised learning. From reductionist isolated solutions to high-level associations. From few grandmother neurons to abundant high-level associations (For example: Digits are few (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9). Real numbers (combinations of digits) are infinite.). >From top-down planning (for example: Hutter's AIXI) to bottom-up planning. Etc. (Understanding his graph requires reading his books. His books are not easy to read. They are quite convoluted.) Other myth Fuster debunked was reductionism in the brain: Intelligence is in the brain network. Intelligence is neither in the neurotransmitters nor at the quantum level. Fuster supports holism in the brain. Trying to understand the brain by understanding neurotransmitters or the quantum level is like trying to understand written language by studying the chemical composition of the ink. It's simply not the right level of complexity. As Monica Anderson said: "When reductionists are confused, they search solutions at the lower levels of complexity. When holists are confused, they disambiguate by exploring the context in the higher levels of complexity." On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 12:20 PM, tintner michael <[email protected]>wrote: > Care to add a para or two on why he is important for AGI? > > > On 11 September 2013 17:47, Juan Carlos Kuri Pinto <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I created and manage Fuster's page on facebook: >> https://www.facebook.com/pages/Dr-Joaqu%C3%ADn-Fuster/101353163280338 >> >> Here you will find all his publications. >> >> This graph summarizes all his works: >> http://www.scholarpedia.org/article/Cortical_memory >> >> He is my favorite scientist of all time. AI researchers know nothing >> about intelligence. Whereas Fuster is much more "on the ball". :))) >> >> >> On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 8:44 AM, tintner michael < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> He has a nice idea - "cognits" >>> >>> "One novel idea that Fuster has is of the "Cognit:" a generic term for >>> any representation of knowledge in the cerebral cortex. As he says, "A >>> cognit is an item of knowledge about the world, the self, or the relations >>> between them. Its network structure is made up of elementary >>> representations of perception or action that have been associated with one >>> another by learning or past experience." >>> >>> http://www.amazon.com/Cortex-Mind-Cognition-Joaquin-Fuster/product-reviews/019530084X/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1 >>> >>> http://www.saminverso.com/brg/archive/FusterJM_2006_IntJPsychoPhysiol.pdf >>> >>> It seems to be poorly illustrated though. What I take from it is that >>> our brains can't think of, or perceive things without summoning up the >>> actions associated with them. This fits well with Barsalou's theory of >>> concepts as simulators. >>> >>> Anyone know more? >>> *AGI* | Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now> >>> <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/23601136-e0982844> | >>> Modify <https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;> Your Subscription >>> <http://www.listbox.com> >>> >> >> *AGI* | Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now> >> <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/6952829-59a2eca5> | >> Modify <https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;> Your Subscription >> <http://www.listbox.com> >> > > *AGI* | Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now> > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/23601136-e0982844> | > Modify<https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;>Your Subscription > <http://www.listbox.com> > ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-f452e424 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-58d57657 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
