Thx. Yes I get a stimulating sense of holistic brain activity from the intro's - vast super-networks of ideas and bodily perceptions/actions being engaged immediately to solve problems. But does he give any specific examples/illustrations? e.g.how these networks come into play when we think I'M GOING DOWNTOWN [or to the kitchen!] or any other thoughts?
On 11 September 2013 19:47, Juan Carlos Kuri Pinto <[email protected]> wrote: > "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 4:33 AM, tintner michael <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> Quite a confusing book - a defense of "liberty" AFAICT but not really >> free will. I can see why it's not priced for a more popular market. Any >> comments? >> >> Like squishy robots, it's a sign of how the times are changing and moving >> towards the ideas I've been espousing. AGI *is* creativity - and >> creativity requires free will. The linking of freedom to creativity is >> significant. My prediction was and remains that free will will be a >> scientific given within about 5 years, (and AGI=creativity along with it). >> >> >> >> >> On 11 September 2013 03:38, Juan Carlos Kuri Pinto <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> The Neuroscience of Freedom and Creativity — Our Predictive Brain [Kindle >>> Edition] Joaquín M. >>> Fuster<http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=ntt_athr_dp_sr_1?_encoding=UTF8&field-author=Joaqu%C3%ADn%20M.%20Fuster&search-alias=digital-text&sort=relevancerank> >>> (Author) >>> >>> http://www.amazon.com/The-Neuroscience-Freedom-Creativity-ebook/dp/B00E99YL1M/ref=tmm_kin_title_popover >>> *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> > <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 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
