Natural General Intelligence: How understanding the brain can help us build AI

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Christopher Summerfield (Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford)

Natural General Intelligence

How understanding the brain can help us build AI

Christopher Summerfield (Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford)

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Oxford University Press
23 March 2023

Cognition & cognitive psychology; Neurosciences; Computer science; Artificial intelligence

Since the time of Turing, computer scientists have dreamed of building artificial general intelligence (AGI) - a system that can think, learn and act as humans do. Over recent years, the remarkable pace of progress in machine learning research has reawakened discussions about AGI. But what would a generally intelligent agent be able to do? What algorithms, architectures, or cognitive functions would it need? To answer these questions, we turn to the study of natural intelligence. Humans (and many other animals) have evolved precisely the sorts of generality of function that AI researchers see as the defining hallmark of intelligence. The fields of cognitive science and neuroscience have provided us with a language for describing the ingredients of natural intelligence in terms of computational mechanisms and cognitive functions and studied their implementation in neural circuits.

Natural General Intelligence describes the algorithms and architectures that are driving progress in AI research in this language, by comparing current AI systems and biological brains side by side. In doing so, it addresses deep conceptual issues concerning how perceptual, memory and control systems work, and discusses the language in which we think and the structure of our knowledge. It also grapples with longstanding controversies about the nature of intelligence, and whether AI researchers should look to biology for inspiration. Ultimately, Summerfield aims to provide a bridge between the theories of those who study biological brains and the practice of those who are seeking to build artificial brains.

By: Christopher Summerfield (Department of Experimental Psychology University of Oxford)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 240mm, Width: 162mm, Spine: 24mm
Weight: 754g
ISBN: 9780192843883
ISBN 10: 0192843885
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 23 March 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

1: Turing's question 2: The nature of intelligence 3: The language of thought 4: The structure of knowledge 5: The problem of abstraction 6: The value of action 7: The control of memory 8: A picture of the mind

Christopher Summerfield is Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Oxford and a Research Scientist at Deepmind UK. His work focusses on the neural and computational mechanisms by which humans make decisions.

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Natural General Intelligence

How understanding the brain can help us build AI

Christopher Summerfield (Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford)

$110.95

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