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Building AI simulations of the human brain | Dan Yamins
This week on the show: Are we ready to create digital models of the human brain?
Last month, Stanford researcher Andreas Tolias and colleagues created a "digital twin" of the mouse visual cortex. The researchers used the same foundation model approach that powers ChatGPT, but instead of training the model on text, the team trained in on brain activity recorded while mice watched action movies. The result? A digital model that can predict how neurons would respond to entirely new visual inputs.
This landmark study is a preview of the unprecedented research possibilities made possible by…
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