Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing

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Berkeley, CA

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Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing
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Aug 31
1/5 Imagine taking an fMRI scan of the brain of a person viewing an image, and reconstructing what the person saw from the fMRI alone. That's Brain-IT. "This is state-of-the-art image decoding from fMRI," said Michal Irani (@WeizmannScience), at the Simons Institute.
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Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing
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Aug 25
1/3 From task-specific neural data to foundation models. In neuroscience, studying the neural activity of some behavior in an animal only gives us "a snapshot of the full activity that might be present across the brain," said Eva Dyer of @Penn at the Simons Institute.
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Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing
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Aug 20
The Dark Matter of Neuroscience. For decades, "neuroscience didn't have much to say about two people...in a dynamical interaction," said Guillaume Dumas (@introspection) of @Mila_Quebec at the Simons Institute workshop on Topics in Intelligence: World Models and Social Reasoning
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Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing
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Aug 18
The African philosophy Ubuntu — "I am because you are" — inspires Guillaume Dumas (@introspection) of @Mila_Quebec, in his research on social cognition and interaction. Dumas spoke at the Simons Institute workshop on Topics in Intelligence: World Models and Social Reasoning
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Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing
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Aug 12
1/3 For AIs to be socially intelligent, they'll have to learn internal "social world models" of people & social interactions, not just physical world models, said Paul Liang (@MITEECS) at the Simons Institute workshop on Topics in Intelligence: World Models and Social Reasoning
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