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Neuroscience and artificial intelligence can help improve each other

  • Written by Gabriel A. Silva, Professor of Bioengineering and Neurosciences; Founding Director, Center for Engineered Natural Intelligence, University of California San Diego
Neurons treated with a fluorescent dye show their interconnections.Silva Lab, CC BY-ND

Despite their names, artificial intelligence technologies and their component systems, such as artificial neural networks, don’t have much to do with real brain science. I’m a professor of bioengineering and neurosciences interested in understanding...

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