On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 10:02 AM, Linas Vepstas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What are you trying to accomplish here? I don't see where > you are trying to go with this. > > I don't think a human can consciously train one or two neurons > to do something, we train millions at a time. -- I'm guessing > savants only employ a few tens of million neurons (give or take a > few orders of magnitude) -- to do their stuff. > > Still, an array of 1K by 1K electrodes is well within current > technology, we just don't know where to hook this up to, > with the exception of simple motor areas, retina, and bit > of the auditory circuits. >
Certainly nothing to do with individual neurons. Basically, it's possible to train a finite state automaton in the mind through association. You see a certain combination of properties, you think the symbol that describes this combination. If such automaton is trained not just to handle natural data (such as language), but to a specifically designed circuit plan, it'll probably be possible to use it as a directly accessible 'add-on' to the brain that implements specific simple function efficiently, such as some operation with numbers using a clever algorithm in a way alien to normal deliberative learning. You don't learn to perform a task, but to execute individual steps of an algorithm that performs a task. -- Vladimir Nesov [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://causalityrelay.wordpress.com/ ------------------------------------------- agi Archives: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ Modify Your Subscription: http://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=106510220-47b225 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
