#222 – Jay McClelland: Neural Networks and the Emergence of Cognition

Jay McClelland is a cognitive scientist at Stanford. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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OUTLINE:
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(00:00) - Introduction
(07:12) - Beauty in neural networks
(11:31) - Darwin and evolution
(17:16) - The origin of intelligence
(23:58) - Explorations in cognition
(30:02) - Learning representations by back-propagating errors
(36:27) - Dave Rumelhart and cognitive modeling
(49:30) - Connectionism
(1:12:23) - Geoffrey Hinton
(1:14:19) - Learning in a neural network
(1:31:11) - Mathematics & reality
(1:38:19) - Modeling intelligence
(1:48:57) - Noam Chomsky and linguistic cognition
(2:03:18) - Advice for young people
(2:14:26) - Psychiatry and exploring the mind
(2:27:04) - Legacy
(2:32:53) - Meaning of life