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A scientific proposal authored by Joscha Bach in February 2013, arguing for a new Artificial Intelligence initiative focused on the 'Computational Structure of Mental Representation.' The document contrasts this proposed approach with the biological brain mapping initiatives proposed by Barack Obama and Henry Markram (Blue Brain project). The document bears a 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT' footer number, indicating it is part of a larger investigative file, likely related to investigations into Jeffrey Epstein's funding of scientific research and academia, although Epstein is not explicitly named on this specific page.
People (3)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Joscha Bach | Author |
Researcher proposing a new AI initiative; associated with Humboldt University Berlin.
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| Barack Obama | Politician (Former US President) |
Mentioned for his proposal to create a map of human brain activity.
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| Henry Markram | Scientist |
Leader of the Blue Brain project in Lausanne.
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Organizations (4)
| Name | Type | Context |
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| Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin |
Implied by email domain hu-berlin.de
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| European Union |
Provider of a 1.5Bn grant to the Blue Brain project.
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| Blue Brain project |
Scientific project led by Henry Markram.
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| House Oversight Committee |
Source of the document dump, indicated by the footer stamp 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_027004'.
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Timeline (1 events)
January 2013
Relationships (1)
Text refers to 'Henry Markram’s Blue Brain project'
Key Quotes (4)
"Now is the time for starting a new Artificial Intelligence initiative."Source
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"What is the mind? –this is arguably the most interesting question that our species can ask itself."Source
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"Cognition is incidentally enabled by human nervous systems, but in its nature, it is not a chemical, biological or physiological phenomenon."Source
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"The study of the computational structure of mental representation."Source
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The Computational Structure of Mental Representation
Joscha Bach
joscha.bach@hu-berlin.de
Joscha Bach
joscha.bach@hu-berlin.de
Berlin, February 26th, 2013
Now is the time for starting a new
Artificial Intelligence initiative.
Artificial Intelligence initiative.
What is the mind?
–this is arguably the most
interesting question that
our species can ask itself.
–this is arguably the most
interesting question that
our species can ask itself.
Last month, a grand proposal by Barack Obama made headlines
everywhere in the world: He suggested a large-scale initiative
to create a detailed map of the activity of the human brain, at
the level of individual neurons. This idea is quite similar to (and
likely inspired by) Henry Markram’s Blue Brain project in
Lausanne, which recently won a 1.5Bn grant from the European
Union. While this is an interesting project in its own right, it
will not address the key question of cognitive science:
What is the mind? What are the building blocks and
fundamental operations of thinking and perception?
everywhere in the world: He suggested a large-scale initiative
to create a detailed map of the activity of the human brain, at
the level of individual neurons. This idea is quite similar to (and
likely inspired by) Henry Markram’s Blue Brain project in
Lausanne, which recently won a 1.5Bn grant from the European
Union. While this is an interesting project in its own right, it
will not address the key question of cognitive science:
What is the mind? What are the building blocks and
fundamental operations of thinking and perception?
Here, I would like to suggest the instigation of a project that is
at once more ambitious, more narrowly targeted, and likely to
yield more profound theoretical, practical and cultural insights
than the Brain Activity Mapping initiative: The study of the
computational structure of mental representation.
at once more ambitious, more narrowly targeted, and likely to
yield more profound theoretical, practical and cultural insights
than the Brain Activity Mapping initiative: The study of the
computational structure of mental representation.
Mental representation, not
neurons will inform the
core our understanding of
cognition.
neurons will inform the
core our understanding of
cognition.
Cognition is incidentally enabled by human nervous systems,
but in its nature, it is not a chemical, biological or physiological
phenomenon. Instead, cognitive systems are a class of
information processing systems, thinking is a set of certain,
functionally identifiable operations, over certain, functionally
identifiable types of representations, and with respect to a set
of problems and properties given by certain environments.
but in its nature, it is not a chemical, biological or physiological
phenomenon. Instead, cognitive systems are a class of
information processing systems, thinking is a set of certain,
functionally identifiable operations, over certain, functionally
identifiable types of representations, and with respect to a set
of problems and properties given by certain environments.
Thus, the Structure of Mental Representation initiative should
focus on mental content, with all its dynamic, relational,
conceptual, and linguistic elements, and it’s grounding in
perception and interaction.
focus on mental content, with all its dynamic, relational,
conceptual, and linguistic elements, and it’s grounding in
perception and interaction.
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