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jaanaru.bsky.social
Raising two kids, co-PI-lot of the Natural and Artificial Intelligence Lab & trying to do some funky research on the intersection of neuroscience, psychology and AI. Estonian nail.cs.ut.ee https://scholar.google.de/citations?user=FvFOzS8AAAAJ&hl=en&oi=a
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2.5 years after ‘the great debate’ at ASSC Amsterdam, we revisit it: Lamme, @standehaene.bsky.social , @smfleming.bsky.social , Boly and @anilseth.bsky.social present their theories, and Melloni and myself try to extract some insights and criticisms. >>> www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

From tiny aha's to big realizations: The bigger the conflict, the deeper the insight💡 🌩️ We propose a new theory of mental breakthroughs bridging insights from problem-solving, psychotherapy, psychedelics, and meditation. out now in Cognition Free access: authors.elsevier.com/a/1ka-O2Hx2-...

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

I have a post-doc position to study the effect of AI on education. How can we ensure that AI tools enhance natural intelligence? The position is a part of the Estonian Centre of Excellence in Artificial Intelligence. Please repost - not easy to get people to work in Estonia 🥶 #edusky #neuroAI

submitted 46 days ago • 5 comments

What's the difference between artificial and human creativity? In this new paper, I also discuss how AI may negatively affect the internal processes of human creativity, such as the development of skills, creative authenticity, and the diversity of ideas onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

submitted 46 days ago • 2 comments

The issue is perhaps this: biological neurons are cells, artificial neurons are just a piece of code. H1: this difference doesn't matter as all computation is done by weights & spiking patterns H2: this difference matters, as weights & spiking are just one aspect To me, this is far from settled.

submitted 74 days ago • 4 comments

Post-doc position: AI might often enhance natural stupidity But which factors determine whether AI will lead to smarter humans or more natural stupidity? Let's figure it out 👋 🙏 Please repost so I could find someone crazy enough to work w me in Estonia on this✍️ ✉️ #edusky #psychscisky #neuroAI

submitted 78 days ago • 2 comments

Post-doc position: AI might often enhance natural stupidity But which factors determine whether AI will lead to smarter humans or more natural stupidity? Let's figure it out 👋 🙏 Please repost so I could find someone crazy enough to work w me in Estonia on this✍️ ✉️ #edusky #psychscisky #neuroAI

submitted 78 days ago • 2 comments

Interesting paper by @jaanaru.bsky.social on human vs AI creativity. Argues while both can produce similar creative products, the internal processes are very different - from neural architecture to the role of conscious experience.

submitted 84 days ago • 3 comments

How similar are artificial and human creativity? What is the effect of artificial creativity on our creativity? In a new paper, I approach these questions through the lens of neuroscience and consciousness research and make some observations🔍 #psychscisky #neuroAI #consci arxiv.org/abs/2412.04366

submitted 81 days ago • 0 comments

A new experimentally-supported theoretical framework to analyze individual variability in biological and artificial systems performing flexible decision-making tasks A fresh Nature paper from the Brody lab 🍾 #neuroskyence #neuroAI www.nature.com/articles/s41...

submitted 87 days ago • 0 comments

"A central challenge for our brain lies in the selective activation of only those model components that are relevant to the current task at hand." In this new paper, the authors propose a novel scheme of how the brain might do it: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

submitted 95 days ago • 0 comments

Consciousness science is stuck. Hence, we need more papers like 👇: a bold and beautiful new hypothesis on the functions of consciousness. 🍾

submitted 95 days ago • 3 comments

Unifying prefrontal sequence memory with hippocampal maps The authors "develop a mathematical theory relating the algorithms and representations of episodic memory and working memory by unveiling a duality between storing memories in synapses versus neural activity". www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...

submitted 98 days ago • 0 comments

'A Drive to Survive' is available for pre-order! mitpress.mit.edu/978026255132... And while it doesn't yet have a cover it does have some very nice blurbs from @evanthompson.bsky.social and Andy Clark, two of the philosophers who most inspired its content.

submitted 108 days ago • 3 comments

The craziest paper I have ever done is this thought experiment with Albert Gidon and Matt Larkum. In the first journal, reviewer 1 recommended that we should not try to publish this; reviewer 2 called it "wacky". Thanks for the motivation: A sequel is coming up! journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

submitted 100 days ago • 9 comments

A potential role for the thalamus in demixing cortical signals while providing a low-dimensional pathway for cortico-cortical communication New paper from Halassa lab in Nature www.nature.com/articles/s41...

submitted 103 days ago • 0 comments