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Is coding a relevant metaphor for building AI? A commentary on "Is coding a relevant metaphor for the brain?", by Romain Brette

Neurons and Cognition 2019-04-24 v1 Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning

Abstract

Brette contends that the neural coding metaphor is an invalid basis for theories of what the brain does. Here, we argue that it is an insufficient guide for building an artificial intelligence that learns to accomplish short- and long-term goals in a complex, changing environment.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1904.10396,
  title  = {Is coding a relevant metaphor for building AI? A commentary on "Is coding a relevant metaphor for the brain?", by Romain Brette},
  author = {Adam Santoro and Felix Hill and David Barrett and David Raposo and Matthew Botvinick and Timothy Lillicrap},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1904.10396},
  year   = {2019}
}
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