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BI 182: John Krakauer Returns… Again
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John Krakauer has been on the podcast multiple times (see links below). Today we discuss some topics framed around what he's been working on and thinking about lately. Things like
- Whether brains actually reorganize after damage
- The role of brain plasticity in general
- The path toward and the path not toward understanding higher cognition
- How to fix motor problems after strokes
- AGI
- Functionalism, consciousness, and much more.
Relevant links:
- John's Lab.
- Twitter: @blamlab
- Related papers
- Other episodes with John:
Time stamps 0:00 - Intro 2:07 - It's a podcast episode! 6:47 - Stroke and Sherrington neuroscience 19:26 - Thinking vs. moving, representations 34:15 - What's special about humans? 56:35 - Does cortical reorganization happen? 1:14:08 - Current era in neuroscience
203 episodes
Manage episode 396357143 series 2422585
Support the show to get full episodes and join the Discord community.
Check out my free video series about what's missing in AI and Neuroscience
John Krakauer has been on the podcast multiple times (see links below). Today we discuss some topics framed around what he's been working on and thinking about lately. Things like
- Whether brains actually reorganize after damage
- The role of brain plasticity in general
- The path toward and the path not toward understanding higher cognition
- How to fix motor problems after strokes
- AGI
- Functionalism, consciousness, and much more.
Relevant links:
- John's Lab.
- Twitter: @blamlab
- Related papers
- Other episodes with John:
Time stamps 0:00 - Intro 2:07 - It's a podcast episode! 6:47 - Stroke and Sherrington neuroscience 19:26 - Thinking vs. moving, representations 34:15 - What's special about humans? 56:35 - Does cortical reorganization happen? 1:14:08 - Current era in neuroscience
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