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Andy X Andersen's avatar

LeCun has been advocating something similar in spirit.

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Ben Dickson's avatar

Yes. The JEPA models use energy-based learning methods too

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Ben Dickson's avatar

There is always a discussion of whether we need a uniform architecture or different components tacked together. I'm not sure which path will be the way to go. But what is for sure is that the brain has different modes of operation, and AI systems that treat all inputs the same will always have limitations.

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hexheadtn's avatar

Sounds similar to "The Society of Mind" by Marvin Minsky.

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Ben Dickson's avatar

Good book. I've read it. But I'm not sure if the explicit modularity that Minsky proposes solves the problem. The brain seems to be more fluid, being uniform and modular at the same time. I'm not an expert though, and this is above my pay grade.

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hexheadtn's avatar

I agree. I just remember thinking that I liked the approach. I guess we should consider Wolfram and Hofstadter's Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid for older (like me!) approaches and brainstorming. These new AI systems have outrun me in keeping up and maintaining and using supercomputers. That's my former life as a programmer in a computational genetics lab.

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Ben Dickson's avatar

Those books are fantastic!

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