Brain Inspired

BI 176 David Poeppel Returns


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David runs his lab at NYU, where they stud`y auditory cognition, speech perception, language, and music. On the heels of the episode with David Glanzman, we discuss the ongoing mystery regarding how memory works, how to study and think about brains and minds, and the reemergence (perhaps) of the language of thought hypothesis.

David has been on the podcast a few times... once by himself, and again with Gyorgy Buzsaki.

  • Poeppel lab
  • Twitter: @davidpoeppel.
  • Related papers
    • We don’t know how the brain stores anything, let alone words.
    • Memory in humans and deep language models: Linking hypotheses for model augmentation.
    • The neural ingredients for a language of thought are available.
    • 0:00 - Intro

      11:17 - Across levels
      14:598 - Nature of memory
      24:12 - Using the right tools for the right question
      35:46 - LLMs, what they need, how they've shaped David's thoughts
      44:55 - Across levels
      54:07 - Speed of progress
      1:02:21 - Neuroethology and mental illness - patreon
      1:24:42 - Language of Thought

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