Why Every Brain Metaphor in History Has Been Wrong [SPECIAL EDITION]

From Machine Learning Street Talk

What if everything we think we know about the brain is just a really good metaphor that we forgot was a metaphor? This episode takes you on a journey through the history of scientific simplification, from a young Karl Friston watching wood lice in his garden to the bold claims that your mind is literally software running on biological hardware. We bring together some of the most brilliant minds we've interviewed — Professor Mazviita Chirimuuta, Francois Chollet, Joscha Bach, Professor Luciano...