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Jessica Thompson
Postdoctoral researcher in cognitive neuroscience with interests in forms of explanation and understanding across neuroscience and AI; author of a paper on explanation and understanding for neuroscience and artificial intelligence.
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Jul 6, 2021
• 1h 25min
BI 110 Catherine Stinson and Jessica Thompson: Neuro-AI Explanation
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Catherine Stinson is a philosopher focused on AI and neuroscience, and Jessica Thompson, a postdoc in cognitive neuroscience, studies explanation across these fields. They dive into how explanations in neuroscience and AI can be unified. Jessica advocates shifting focus from singular brain areas or models to shared phenomena across both domains. They also discuss the balance between intelligibility and empirical fit in models, the role of philosophy in shaping scientific inquiry, and the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration for innovative research.
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