The Most Counterintuitive Way to Build a Brain

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  @ArtemKirsanov · 4 months ago · pinned

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  @domantassakalys1710 · 4 months ago

  I&apos;m defending my thesis on a spiking reservoir computing framework soon, and I genuinely loved every part of the journey. It means a lot to see the topic featured here as this channel played a real role in sparking my passion for the field! Thank you for uploading such a high quality content!

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  @ryanzheng1119 · 4 months ago

  i used to do research in liquid state machines and reservoir computing. super cool to see it featured on your channel! :D

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  @stblackhole · 2 months ago

  The fact that one can take advantage of the non-linear dynamics of physical systems to perform computations is very fascinating.

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  @ridhvikg · 4 months ago

  It feels illegal to watch these videos for free! <br>What a treasure of a channel

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  @EliasKlemedsson · 4 months ago

  Isn&apos;t a more pressing question then <i>what</i> in the brain/psyche/system selects from the library of random waves so as to create the exact thing we are consciously imagining/experiencing?<br><br>The ability of the brain to single out certain neuronal noise, add it together so as to make a certain experience, and for it to know <i>which</i> noise to pick is just mind-boggling on its own.

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  @Xphy · 4 months ago

  Your videos are treasure &nbsp;bro

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  @AB-wf8ek · 4 months ago

  Yes, this resonates with many things I&apos;ve thought about over the years. In sound design, subtractive synthesis is a fundamental technique that recognizes that noise itself is a sound that carries all frequencies, and that you can filter it in order to create tones. <br><br>It also makes me thing about how traditional cultures preserved information across generations before written language, by embedding it in the permanent landscape. Ayers Rock in Australia is a great example of this. In a sense, the rock surface is the carrier wave, and indigenous cultures encode information in the stories they tell about features in the rock. <br><br>It also makes me think of the philosopher&apos;s stone. In practice, alchemy was about transforming lead into gold, but metaphorically, it&apos;s about transforming junk into value. We do this by taking noise and forming it into something meaningful. <br><br>It&apos;s good to keep in mind that the principles in this video are just a mathematical description of the mechanism of how persistent information is embedded in noise, but it still does not explain the living conscious that utilizes these principles.

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  @danielsantiagoaguilatorres9973 · 4 months ago

  I&apos;ve been looking into reservoir computing for a while now. It&apos;s mesmerizing how you can create patterns from randomness

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  @boyzorro · 4 months ago

  OMG, what is that miraculous bone-bending muscle in the pitcher&apos;s arm @ <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDxtFtoQVNc&amp;t=40">0:40</a> :) cool video though

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  @ZubairKhan-sp8vb · 4 months ago

  I have to admit, the quality of the videos from day one is impressive.

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  @ArgumentumAdHominem · 2 months ago

  Please, second part on this! There is a lot of interesting theory on what makes a reservoir a good reservoir, dipping into edge of criticality hypothesis and predictive information. This topic is so cool