BI 229 Tomaso Poggio: Principles of Intelligence and Learning

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Tomaso Poggio discusses the principles of intelligence and learning in both brains and machines.

Support the show to get full episodes, full archive, and join the Discord community. The Transmitter is an online publication that aims to deliver useful information, insights and tools to build bridges across neuroscience and advance research. Visit thetransmitter.org to explore the latest neuroscience news and perspectives, written by journalists and scientists. Read more about our partnership. Sign up for Brain Inspired email alerts to be notified every time a new Brain Inspired episode is released. To explore more neuroscience news and perspectives, visit thetransmitter.org. Tomaso Poggio is the Eugene McDermott professor in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, an investigator at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research, a member of the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) and director of both the Center for Biological and Computational Learning at MIT and the Center for Brains, Minds, and Machines. Tomaso believes we are in-between building and understanding useful AI That is, we are in between engineering and theory. He likens this stage to the period after Volta invented the battery and Maxwell developed the equations of…

People in this episode

Host: Paul Middlebrooks

Guest: Tomaso Poggio

Topics covered

• intelligence
• learning
• artificial intelligence
• neuroscience
• cognitive science

Keywords

• intelligence
• learning
• AI
• neuroscience
• cognitive science
• Tomaso Poggio
• David Marr

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Center for Biological and Computational Learning at MIT, Center for Brains, Minds, and Machines, The Transmitter

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