Comments on: Enabling Neural Engineering Ought To Be The Measure Of Neuroscience http://neurodudes.com/2007/04/09/enabling-neural-engineering-ought-to-be-the-goal-of-neuroscience/ at the intersection of neuroscience and AI. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:25:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Stephen http://neurodudes.com/2007/04/09/enabling-neural-engineering-ought-to-be-the-goal-of-neuroscience/#comment-62570 Stephen Tue, 10 Apr 2007 15:22:34 +0000 http://neurodudes.com/?p=385#comment-62570 Astute observation. Liquid State Machines are, in my opinion, an exciting development that does point in that direction, as I have mentioned in a previous post: http://neurodudes.com/2007/02/20/so-how-do-real-neuronal-networks-compute/ However, we are just at the beginning of being able to describe real neuronal networks in the brain as liquid state machines. It may be the principle that helps progress, but it has yet to be demonstrated to be a) a useful description for actual brain activity and b) a pattern that can be engineered to build systems that mimic brain systems (it is in theory but I'm saying we want a demonstration). So at this point, its more of a candidate principle. Astute observation.

Liquid State Machines are, in my opinion, an exciting development that does point in that direction, as I have mentioned in a previous post:

http://neurodudes.com/2007/02/20/so-how-do-real-neuronal-networks-compute/

However, we are just at the beginning of being able to describe real neuronal networks in the brain as liquid state machines. It may be the principle that helps progress, but it has yet to be demonstrated to be a) a useful description for actual brain activity and b) a pattern that can be engineered to build systems that mimic brain systems (it is in theory but I’m saying we want a demonstration).

So at this point, its more of a candidate principle.

]]> By: amesolaire http://neurodudes.com/2007/04/09/enabling-neural-engineering-ought-to-be-the-goal-of-neuroscience/#comment-62561 amesolaire Tue, 10 Apr 2007 13:51:14 +0000 http://neurodudes.com/?p=385#comment-62561 "A prerequisite to understanding how the brain processes information is to describe principles of neural information processing.." Doesn't "Liquid State Machine" come at least close to that? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_State_Machine http://www.lsm.tugraz.at/learning/framework.html “A prerequisite to understanding how the brain processes information is to describe principles of neural information processing..”

Doesn’t “Liquid State Machine” come at least close to that?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_State_Machine
http://www.lsm.tugraz.at/learning/framework.html

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