Hi Chetan, That's just marvellous. Very well done to both you and your brother. The questions (and your 20-minute conversation with one student) indicate that your talk achieved the objective of communicating both the concepts and your passion to a new group of people. I'd encourage anyone on the list who feels the itch to do the same; thanks for the proof that it can be done. Could you share your slides so people can customise their own versions?
I'd also suggest that you invite your brother and his clubmates on this list. There are a lot of people here who are content to listen in on our conversations, gradually building their understanding and developing their own ideas. Eventually, as we've seen since the hackathon, some of them will speak up and join in the discussions themselves. We've even had a few new questions and ideas emerging from the previously silent members. There's no entry level or qualification required to join in the fun! Thanks again, guys, Fergal Byrne On Sat, Nov 16, 2013 at 1:32 AM, Chetan Surpur <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey Fergal, > > I actually got really insightful questions after the talk. For example, > > "If a machine is modeled after the brain, does it have the capacity for > sentience?" > > "Are sparse distributed representations actually physical in the brain, or > is it just a conceptual idea?" > > "If activations are propagating up the hierarchy, can it go the other way > too? Can higher level concepts activate lower level concepts?" > > One guy in particular talked to me for 20 minutes, and we chatted all the > way to the point where we were talking about intelligent machines as "the > next stage of human evolution". > > These questions and feedback made me feel like they really did understand > it, at least at a high level, and could envision the possibilities :) > > - Chetan > > > On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 4:44 PM, Fergal Byrne <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> Hey Chetan, >> That's just excellent. I need to start doing the same soon. I'll be >> robbing from your talk as well as Jeff's. >> Something I asked the last time someone did this is what kind of feedback >> or questions did you get? >> Finally, a neuroscience club in a school is quite something. Your brother >> is clearly quite a special person, pass on my congrats. >> >> — >> Sent from Mailbox <https://www.dropbox.com/mailbox> for iPhone >> >> >> On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 11:59 PM, Chetan Surpur <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Hey everyone, >>> >>> I wanted to share something small with you. My brother and a couple of >>> his friends just founded a club in his high school (and my alma mater), >>> called Monta Vista Neurosciences. I think that's super cool and I'm proud >>> of him; I wish there was a neuroscience club when I was in school. >>> >>> Since he knows I'm fascinated by AI and the brain, he invited me to be a >>> guest speaker for their first official meeting :) It was a few days ago at >>> lunch, and around 40 people showed up, a really great turnout for a club >>> meeting. >>> >>> You can watch the recorded talk on YouTube (25 mins): >>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8Fs3aafl9g >>> >>> It was my first public talk on this topic, and I really enjoyed giving >>> it. And the people there seemed like they understood it and were excited by >>> it! Anyways, I hope you guys like it, and I hope a few high-schoolers were >>> inspired to look into this wonderful field :) >>> >>> - Chetan >>> >>> P.S. I took a lot of inspiration and ideas from Jeff's talks, so thanks >>> for that Jeff! >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> nupic mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.numenta.org/mailman/listinfo/nupic_lists.numenta.org >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > nupic mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.numenta.org/mailman/listinfo/nupic_lists.numenta.org > > -- Fergal Byrne, Brenter IT <http://www.examsupport.ie>http://inbits.com - Better Living through Thoughtful Technology e:[email protected] t:+353 83 4214179 Formerly of Adnet [email protected] http://www.adnet.ie
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