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#222 – Jay McClelland: Neural Networks and the Emergence of Cognition
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() – Introduction
() – Beauty in neural networks
() – Darwin and evolution
() – The origin of intelligence
() – Explorations in cognition
() – Learning representations by back-propagating errors
() – Dave Rumelhart and cognitive modeling
() – Connectionism
() – Geoffrey Hinton
() – Learning in a neural network
() – Mathematics & reality
() – Modeling intelligence
() – Noam Chomsky and linguistic cognition
() – Advice for young people
() – Psychiatry and exploring the mind
() – Legacy
() – Meaning of life
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