Nicole Rust on Nostr: npub15swlx…zx855 I'm generally a fan of canonical computation, in broad strokes ...
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I'm generally a fan of canonical computation, in broad strokes (cortex is cortex with twiddling parameters). And conceptual frameworks that help us conceptualize what the brain is trying to achieve. Adapting to change is definitely something feedback is required for and I also like these ideas for that reason.
At the same time, I struggle with Grand Theories of Everything (like Free Energy). Analogous to how understanding slime molds will have some limited impact on our ability to understand the economy, you just can't convince me that "solving motor control" will be hugely influential for "solving emotion". There will be shared principles, for sure. But we'll have to work out each and every system separately. Starting from the assumption that all of the brain's functions are somehow interchangeable in a way that we can leverage seems broken from the outset. As Copernicus said, one wonders if perhaps there "might be found a more reasonable arrangement."
I'm generally a fan of canonical computation, in broad strokes (cortex is cortex with twiddling parameters). And conceptual frameworks that help us conceptualize what the brain is trying to achieve. Adapting to change is definitely something feedback is required for and I also like these ideas for that reason.
At the same time, I struggle with Grand Theories of Everything (like Free Energy). Analogous to how understanding slime molds will have some limited impact on our ability to understand the economy, you just can't convince me that "solving motor control" will be hugely influential for "solving emotion". There will be shared principles, for sure. But we'll have to work out each and every system separately. Starting from the assumption that all of the brain's functions are somehow interchangeable in a way that we can leverage seems broken from the outset. As Copernicus said, one wonders if perhaps there "might be found a more reasonable arrangement."