... Hmm, yes, couldn't neurons use doublets (or triplets or bursts of whatever) with different delays between the two or more spikes to send different signals?...
gs_tech2000, Hello and welcome to the group. ... Well, let me make a few points so as to clear a few misconceptions: First off, note that the frequency...
There were a number of typographical errors in my last message. I am reposting it below with corrections and an addendum. ... gs_tech2000, Hello and welcome to...
OK. Another suggestion. I think it would be useful to split the memory problem into two: 1. Memory functionality 2. Internal memory structure. First treat...
... memory ... case ... the ... command ... that ... ahead ... system ... functions. ... do ... memory", ... gs_tech2000, Thanks for that great post. It is...
For the latest news and the newest version (1.3) of Animal, click on the link below: http://pages.sbcglobal.net/louis.savain/AI/News.htm Louis PS. There's more...
... I played with the new version of Animal for a while. It seems to me Animal develops hand-eye coordination a lot quicker now and it's somewhat better at...
... But animal does not have any motivation system. I don't see how it could learn to play chess without some reward/punishment system (or something else that...
... still ... difficut at ... with ... Yes, you are correct. I guess I want too much too soon :-). The activity it shows is more like involuntary muscle...
... Yes, maybe. But then insects don't learn to play chess. They have their ways of acting encoded in their genes, though I think some insects can learn some...
... Temporal_Intelligence@yahoogroups.com, "temporal_intelligence ... I just uploaded a somewhat improved executable. I found out I was doing something wrong....
... Thanks for bringing this up. Animal's chess engine does recognize checkmate. I plan to add visible indicators in the near future for things like check,...
... <juranta@i...> wrote: [cut] ... Yes, I think you are correct. At this point, I think the amygdala plays an important role in controlling not only...
... Animal ... represent ... over Hi everybody, I'm new here so please forgive me some possible mistakes and inappropriate remarks. To put myself into some...
... <mm_zlato@y...>" <mm_zlato@y...> wrote: [snip] ... Hello and welcome to the group. ... This is an excellent question. Why can't dogs, elephants and monkeys...
I now think I fully understand how motivation works. I know, I have said the same thing about other things in the past, things that turned out to be wrong. All...
Hi, I am new to the list and I guess fairly new to AI in general...though I have done a lot of reading about AI abstracts from universities like MIT, CalTech,...
... Jim, Thanks for writing and for the words of support. The Animal research project is in constant flux and under frequent revision. It's moving right along...
Hi Jim, ... Welll, most neural network books and courses are about traditional neural networks. The problem with them is that they don't care about the exact...
Great post, Juha! Louis ... from ... agree ... very ... either for ... can ... people who ... currently an ... from ... around with creating/personal research ...
Juha, This was an excellent post - thanks. I do have a question though - if the brain lacks a backpropogation like mechanism then is it really a combination of...
... There are different learning 'algorithms' in the brain too, but it they're not exactly like backpropagation. Usually backpropagation algorithms adjust the...
... Actually, some researchers believe there is a process like backpropagation in the brain. Correlated pre- and post-synaptic firing causes not only change in...
... Yes, it's possible that something a postsynaptic neuron does will cause a chain of events which will change the way the presynaptic neuron works, and this...
I found a book by Gerstner on spiking neurons in HTML form: http://diwww.epfl.ch/~gerstner/BUCH.html This may quite complicated at some points, but it may...
... increases ... cause ... works, ... in ... I don't ... networks ... Yes, I know. I just think it's important to keep this in mind when choosing the right...
... Thanks. ... signals ... I am not sure if the coincidence detection should be limited to each time stamp or should cover longer period. I.e. the coincidence...
... I think the spikes itself are not inhibitory and I've never heard of spikes propagating as hyperpolarization. The resting potential is already kinda...
... This is probably also a question of how big time-steps are chosen, and of the abstraction level. If the time-steps are big enough, the small positive...