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DrFalkyn ◴[] No.43678328[source]
If we could ever figure out what wet brains actually do (continuous feedback, ? enzyme release ? ) this might be possible
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tsimionescu ◴[] No.43679873[source]
Keep in mind that our brains also have a great deal of built in trained structure from evolution. So even if we understood exactly how a brain learns, we may still not be able to replicate it if we can't figure out the highly optimized initial state from which it starts in a fetus.
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jampekka ◴[] No.43681865[source]
How much of, especially "higher level cognition" like language, is encoded genetically is highly controversial and the thinking/pendulum in last decade or two has shifted substantially towards only general mechanisms being innate. E.g. the cortex may be in an essentially "random state" prior to getting input.
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deepsun ◴[] No.43682513[source]
Yet for example the auditory/language processing part is almost always located in the same region for all humans.
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1. jampekka ◴[] No.43685940{3}[source]
E.g. ear input is connected to the same cortical location in almost all humans.