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The Genius Neuroscientist Who Might Hold the Key to True AI
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The Genius Neuroscientist Who Might Hold the Key to True AI

Shaun Raviv
Wired, 2018
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Without fully understanding what makes humans tick, scientists won’t be able to create artificial intelligence that thinks like a human mind. Writing for Wired, Shaun Raviv has written a fascinating portrait of British neuroscientist Karl Friston, who claims to have found the core principle driving all living things. Now AI developers are thinking about using the same method to take AI to the next level. Raviv’s fascinating essay highlights the close connections between philosophy and artificial intelligence.

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  • British neuroscientist Karl Friston first became famous for inventing brain imaging–analysis software in the 1990s.
  • Friston then went on to pursue the profoundly philosophical question of finding “the organizing principle of all life.” 
  • Friston’s ”free energy principle” stipulates that the purpose of every living thing is to narrow the gap between “expectations” and “sensory inputs,” thus minimizing “free energy.” 

About the Author

Shaun Raviv is a freelance writer based in Atlanta, Georgia.

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