Unity and the Chinese Room
The Chinese Room thought experiment has been debated by philosophers and AI researchers since it was conceived of by John[…]
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Penrose’s old mind
Last year it was announced that quantum vibrations had been found in microtubules. Microtubules are a hollow structure in the[…]
Read moreWhat is metastability?
Empirical evidence from human resting state networks has shown a tendency for multiple brain areas to synchronise for short amounts[…]
Read moreCan Kurzweil create a mind?
The visionary inventor, technologist, and futurist Ray Kurzweil now works at Google. He is heading a research team trying to[…]
Read moreWhat is Obama’s brain initiative about?
I have been in Dallas Texas all week at the International Joint Conference on Neural Networks. A major player in[…]
Read moreHuman Brain Project awarded 1 billion euros
The FET Flagship Programme is a new initiative launched by the European Commission and has awarded one billion euros, over[…]
Read moreWhat is synchrony in the brain?
This is the second of my post on basic concepts in brain science. Synchrony is to do with oscillations in[…]
Read moreWhat is an oscillation in the brain?
I am going to write a few post on basic concepts in brain science. This first one is about oscillations.[…]
Read moreBuddha nature
Having studied western philosophy at Uni, I had a lot of respect for Buddhism when I read about it. The[…]
Read moreWebots robot simulator
The coolest toy I’ve seen lately. Webots is a robot simulator that runs using the ODE physics engine. There are[…]
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