PSYC 80.07 Neuroscience and Artificial Intelligence
The brain is capable of processing complex information to generate flexible behavior across a wide range of changing conditions. Neuroscience has been a source of inspiration for the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in its development of machines that can learn and act, especially for AI architectures using neural networks and deep learning. In turn, developments in AI have provided models which are being used to better understand the brain’s computational functions.
This seminar course will examine this reciprocal interaction between neuroscience and AI. A focus will be on a historical overview on how ideas in neuroscience and psychology shaped early AI. We will also examine how the AI tools offer approaches to study brain function (often referred to as “NeuroAI” in the current research literature). Seminar discussions will be based on readings that include a mix of classic and modern research papers and reviews, and book chapters.
Instructor
Murray