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AI & THE BRAIN: How Different Are They?

AI & THE BRAIN: How Different Are They?

Update: 2025-09-18
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Today's AI runs on neural networks, a design originally inspired by the human brain. As these systems grow more sophisticated, they're raising a profound question: Even if they don't work exactly like our brains, could something resembling a "mind" eventually emerge from the machines we're building?


Guests: Gaurav Suri and Jay McClelland


Book: The Emergent Mind: How Intelligence Arises in People and Machines


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AI & THE BRAIN: How Different Are They?

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