The Monkey and the Machine

post by ProofOfLogic · 2017-02-23T21:38:48.033Z · LW · GW · Legacy · 1 comments

This is a link post for https://sideways-view.com/2017/02/19/the-monkey-and-the-machine-a-dual-process-theory/

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comment by [deleted] · 2017-02-24T04:11:02.668Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

Short summary: Paul uses some machine learning analogies to give an insightful description of how he thinks our brains work. I particularly enjoyed the idea of our brains "learning" categories for things by tryng to hit a value function with environmental feedback, with the ultimate goal to learn the abstract thing the referents are pointing at.