#20: The origins of artificial intelligence - Aaron Andalman

I sat down with Dr. Aaron Andalman, the Chief Science Officer and co-founder of Cognitiv. Andalman holds a PhD in neuroscience, and so today, we’re breaking down the gaps, connections and inspirations between AI and neuroscience; all the things we’ve learned and the many things we still don’t know. 

Episode links: 

• The giant squid: https://medium.com/the-quantastic-journal/from-squids-to-ai-how-neuroscience-and-physics-sparked-a-technological-revolution-06d8c291717c
• Neuroscience and AI: https://neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/neuroscience-and-ai-what-artificial-intelligence-teaches-us-about-brain-and-vice-versa
• The specter of AGI: https://www.thedeepview.co/p/how-big-tech-is-using-the-ai-race-and-the-specter-of-agi-to-cement-its-power-agi-openai-google
• Scale it up: https://www.thedeepview.co/p/progress-predictions-2025-robots-avs-and-technical-advancements
• Animal intelligence: https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/how-intelligence-is-measured-in-the-animal-kingdom

Outline

0:00 – Intro

1:45 – The roots of AI 
7:12 – The different types of intelligence

12:05 – Neural networks VS artificial neural networks

19:19 – Efficiency in intelligence

23:51 – Why pursue AGI at all? 
28:44 – Reinforcement learning in machines VS animals

35:25 – Advancements in one, advancements in the other

43:46 – Being curious in the age of AI 

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Artificial intelligence is a complicated topic, bound by a number of complex threads — technical science, ethics, safety, regulation, neuroscience, psychology, philosophy, investment and — above all — humanity. On The Deep View: Conversations, Ian Krietzberg, host and Editor-in-Chief at The Deep View, breaks it all down, cutting through the hype to make clear what's important and why you should care.