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BI 147 Noah Hutton: In Silico

Sep 13, 2022

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Do You Think Computer Science Terms Are Harmful for Computer Science?

04:01

Did You See a Shift in Henry's Attitude From Year One to Year Ten?

01:26

Is There a Problem With Attention Seekers in Science?

04:06

Introduction

3min

Sandbox Films - Premiere or Event?

1min

What's After the Premiere?

2min

The End of Insilico

3min

Neuronal Science

2min

How to Write a Documentary Film

3min

Is That Yet a Film?

3min

The Human Brain Project

2min

How Much Time Did You Spenda Onsight?

3min

10.

The Blue Brain Project - The First Piece of Critique

3min

11.

Did You See a Shift in Henry's Attitude From Year One to Year Ten?

1min

12.

The Dynamics of Salesmanship

5min

13.

The Human Brain and the Blue Brain Project

4min

14.

Is There a Problem With Attention Seekers in Science?

4min

15.

What Did It Feel Like When He Did Not Sit Down for the Last Meeting?

2min

16.

Do You Think Computer Science Terms Are Harmful for Computer Science?

4min

17.

How Much Neuro Science Did You Debate?

3min

18.

Is That a Bait and Switch?

4min

19.

Did You Ever Cry?

4min

20.

Why You Decided to Put Yourself in a Documentary?

4min

21.

The Human Brain Project

2min

22.

The Final Brain Simulator

4min

23.

The Open Letter, I'll Say, Ramon E With the Cohal, Is What I Learned.

3min

24.

The Human Brain Project

2min

25.

Do You Have a Sense of the a G I Community?

3min

26.

Is There a G I Story to Be Told?

3min

27.

The Pointer on Model of a Cat Brain

5min

28.

Neural Science

4min

29.

Do You See Hero Worship in Science?

3min

30.

Are You Prepared for Blowback?

2min

31.

The Bluebrain Project

7min

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Noah Hutton writes, directs, and scores documentary and narrative films. On this episode, we discuss his documentary In Silico. In 2009, Noah watched a TED talk by Henry Markram, in which Henry claimed it would take 10 years to fully simulate a human brain. This claim inspired Noah to chronicle the project, visiting Henry and his team periodically throughout. The result was In Silico, which tells the science, human, and social story of Henry's massively funded projects - the Blue Brain Project and the Human Brain Project.

In Silico website.
- Rent or buy In Silico.
Noah's website.
Twitter: @noah_hutton.

0:00 - Intro 3:36 - Release and premier 7:37 - Noah's background 9:52 - Origins of In Silico 19:39 - Recurring visits 22:13 - Including the critics 25:22 - Markram's shifting outlook and salesmanship 35:43 - Promises and delivery 41:28 - Computer and brain terms interchange 49:22 - Progress vs. illusion of progress 52:19 - Close to quitting 58:01 - Salesmanship vs bad at estimating timelines 1:02:12 - Brain simulation science 1:11:19 - AGI 1:14:48 - Brain simulation vs. neuro-AI 1:21:03 - Opinion on TED talks 1:25:16 - Hero worship 1:29:03 - Feedback on In Silico

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