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Ricardo Acuna's avatar

As always, great article. Perhaps we would need a Kuhn's paradigm shift for AI, where Neuroscience, AI and Cognitive Psychology could converge to a new foundation to reach AGI. You raised a much-needed review in the AI field, which is still a long way to go. I would like to add to your discussion the underrated field of Computational Psychology which explores the computational cognitive modeling, a possibly key factor for an AGI that would almost certainly interact somehow with human beings. (BTW, a good reference on this matter is the book: The Cambridge Handbook of Computational Psychology).

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John Ward's avatar

Great article. Thanks for sharing it.

Have you read Jeff Hawkins’ book A Thousand Brains? Its arguments are very much in-line with your own. A major theme of the book is built around his belief that our modern understanding of neurons should serve as a guide for the design or AI systems. The book might be too basic for someone well-versed in these fields, but as a non-computer scientist I found it accessible and interesting. Regardless, I do agree with your position that we should look at biological systems for ideas of new ways to model intelligence... at least until we figure out a superior method.

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