Are insect brains the secret to great AI? | Frances S. Chance
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4.1 • 12.1K Ratings
🗓️ 19 December 2022
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Are insects the key to brain-inspired computing? Neuroscientist Frances S. Chance thinks so. In this buzzy talk, she shares examples of the incredible capabilities of insects -- like the dragonfly's deadly accurate hunting skills and the African dung beetle's superstrength -- and shows how untangling the mysterious web of neurons in their tiny brains could lead to breakthroughs in computers, AI and more.
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| 0:00.0 | It's Ted Talks, Ailey, I'm Elise Hugh. |
| 0:06.3 | We still don't know much about the way our brains work, but computational neuroscientist |
| 0:10.6 | Francis Chance is getting a better understanding. |
| 0:14.6 | In her talk from Ted 2022, she shows how she and her lab have captured amazing navigational |
| 0:20.6 | talents of insects to build a model for computers that work just as brains do. |
| 0:26.5 | She illuminates this after the break. |
| 0:56.5 | I don't want to understand how brains work. |
| 0:58.5 | I want to understand how your brain works. |
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| 1:48.5 | Creating intelligence on a computer. |
| 1:51.2 | This has been the holy grail for artificial intelligence for quite some time. |
| 1:56.0 | But how do we get there? |
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