- So I get that a Neuroscientist Couldn’t Understand a Microprocessor, and TBH I’m ok with that. But could a neuroscientist understand a deep RNN? Because that seems like a more pressing issue. *assuming you think the brain operates through the parallel activity of many connected input/output units
- Why deep? Why RNN? If the goal is to understand something challenging, sure that's an interesting example. But there's not the brain...
- Because a deep RNN is a much simpler system than the brain, that also operates through the parallel/distributed activity of connected input/output units, where the efficacy of connections plays a key role in its operation. If we can’t understand that how can we hope to understand the brain?Oct 10, 2025 11:34
- Right, excellent point. Let's write a paper like that 😀
- Turns out @macshine.bsky.social scooped our title…. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
- Would love to revisit this idea if ppl are still keen. Was a fun project to work on.
- If a group crystallizes I'd be very happy to participate!
