I’m Making a Neuro/AI Course.
(Preliminary) Course Outline
1. The Big Picture and Major Questions
- Where are we in neuroscience and AI?
- How are they similar?
- How are they different?
- How can AI help neuroscience?
- How can neuroscience help AI?
2. Clues From the Past
- Gestation: Ancient History.
- “Birth” of neuroscience and AI.
- Infancy: The early years.
- Coming of age: Modern History.
3. The Current Landscape
- This is the bulk of the course – more to add.
- Networks vs Brains.
- Behavior.
- Learning.
- Memory.
- Cognitive functions.
- Coding.
- Representation.
- Neuromorphics.
- Brain-machine interfaces.
- Embodiment.
- Systems.
4. The Open Road
- Challenges moving forward.
- What’s the right level of biological detail for AI?
- Philosophical Questions.
- Intelligence Theory.
- Meaning.
- Understanding.
- Consciousness.