#115 – Dileep George: Brain-Inspired AI

About this episode

<p>Dileep George is a researcher at the intersection of neuroscience and artificial intelligence, co-founder of Vicarious, formerly co-founder of Numenta. From the early work on Hierarchical temporal memory to Recursive Cortical Networks to today, Dileep&#8217;s always sought to engineer intelligence that is closely inspired by the human brain.</p> <p>Support this channel by supporting our sponsors. Click links, get discount:<br /> &#8211; Babbel: <a href="https://babbel.com">https://babbel.com</a> and use code LEX<br /> &#8211; MasterClass: <a href="https://masterclass.com/lex">https://masterclass.com/lex</a><br /> &#8211; Raycon: <a href="https://buyraycon.com/lex">https://buyraycon.com/lex</a></p> <p>If you would like to get more information about this podcast go to <a href="https://lexfridman.com/ai">https://lexfridman.com/ai</a> or connect with @lexfridman on <a href="https://twitter.com/lexfridman">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman/">LinkedIn</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://medium.com/@lexfridman">Medium</a>, or <a href="https://www.youtube.com/lexfridman">YouTube</a> where you can watch the video versions of these conversations. If you enjoy the podcast, please rate it 5 stars on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/artificial-intelligence/id1434243584">Apple Podcasts</a>, follow on <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/2MAi0BvDc6GTFvKFPXnkCL">Spotify</a>, or support it on <a href="https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman">Patreon</a>.</p> <p>Here&#8217;s the outline of the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.</p> <p>OUTLINE:<br /> 0:00 &#8211; Introduction<br /> 4:50 &#8211; Building a model of the brain<br /> 17:11 &#8211; Visual cortex<br /> 27:50 &#8211; Probabilistic graphical models<br /> 31:35 &#8211; Encoding information in the brain<br /> 36:56 &#8211; Recursive Cortical Network<br /> 51:09 &#8211; Solving CAPTCHAs algorithmically<br /> 1:06:48 &#8211; Hype around brain-inspired AI<br /> 1:18:21 &#8211; How does the brain learn?<br /> 1:21:32 &#8211; Perception and cognition<br /> 1:25:43 &#8211; Open problems in brain-inspired AI<br /> 1:30:33 &#8211; GPT-3<br /> 1:40:41 &#8211; Memory<br /> 1:45:08 &#8211; Neuralink<br /> 1:51:32 &#8211; Consciousness<br /> 1:57:59 &#8211; Book recommendations<br /> 2:06:49 &#8211; Meaning of life</p>