Spontaneous Emergence of Cognitive Functions in the Brain and Artificial Neural Networks

You are invited to the upcoming talk titled "Spontaneous Emergence of Cognitive Functions in the Brain and Artificial Neural Networks".

Abstract:
This talk will introduce principles related to the developmental mechanisms that underlie brain functions, which differ notably from the data-driven learning paradigms used in AI. I will present our recent findings demonstrating that early functional circuits and cognitive functions in the brain can emerge spontaneously from the statistical properties of bottom-up projections, even in the absence of training. These results provide insight into the origins of primitive functions in the brain.