Howzit, from RSA

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Hi all,

I’m Daniel, a computer scientist based in Cape Town, currently working in the medical field.

Over the years I’ve dabbled in AI/ML and robotics, but I’ve long been drawn to TBT, SDRs, and HTMs, and more generally to biologically grounded cognitive architectures.

I’ve mostly been a quiet observer, reading the occasional post and watching some of the discussion videos.

About a month ago, though, I decided to try make a small, concrete contribution by building an experimental framework to test some computational neuroscience ideas, with the aim of writing up the results as an academic paper.

I estimate I’m about a month away from something publishable. I expect it will be of fairly niche interest, but it may help confirm some intuitions that haven’t been formally demonstrated in simulation yet, and possibly clarify constraints around certain mechanisms proposed within TBT.

When the time comes, I may also need guidance around the arXiv process and endorsements.

Looking forward to the discussions here.

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Welcome to the community @Daniel_Brownell!

We look forward to hearing about your experimental framework.

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Hi Daniel,

that’s exciting to hear! I’m also excited to learn more about what you are working on. Is this the paper you are referring to: A small constraint result on learned transitions in attractor-style models ? (if so, congrats on getting it out in half the estimated timeline you gave here :smiley: ) I haven’t had a chance to read through it yet, but am looking forward to giving it a read.

Best wishes,

Viviane

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Hi Viviane,

Yes, that is the one. Thanks for taking a look when you get around to it. I will be very interested to hear your thoughts.

I will comment in the main thread with a bit of context on how I have been thinking about the results.

Thanks again for engaging.

Best,

Daniel

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