Is there a core element of the brain that act like a CPU with interupt levels, and directs the attention of the brain processes at any given momment?
Dan Goe ---------------------------------------------------- >From : Ben Goertzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To : [email protected] Subject : Re: [agi] How the Brain Represents Abstract Knowledge Date : Tue, 13 Jun 2006 10:40:52 -0400 > > Ben, > > > > I'd point you to Les Valiant's book Circuits of the Mind > > for a serious attempt to answer precisely such questions. > > > > It's been years since I read it, and my recollection is > > hazy, so I won't attempt much of a summary. The book > > posits units of several (hundred?) neurons called neuroids > > that act as finite state machines with various properties, > > and then gives algorithms by which the whole system could be programmed > > to learn, for example, concepts of exactly the type you ask. > > Thanks, I will check it out... > > Ben > > ------- > To unsubscribe, change your address, or temporarily deactivate your subscription, > please go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ------- To unsubscribe, change your address, or temporarily deactivate your subscription, please go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
