Where Artificial Intelligence and Neuroscience Meet—Irina Rish, PhD—University of Montreal
Finding Genius Podcast
Richard Jacobs
4.4 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 19 December 2019
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Associate Professor in the Computer Science and Operations Research Department at the University of Montreal, Irina Rish, PhD focuses her work on the intersection between artificial intelligence (AI) and neuroscience, researching the ways in which our knowledge of neuroscience can improve AI, and how AI models can aid our understanding of neuroscience.
On today's podcast, you will discover:
- How the brain differs from artificial neural networks and deep learning
- What will be needed in order to achieve broad AI
- Under what conditions neurogenesis occurred in a study using rat models
Learn more about Dr. Rish's work by visiting https://mila.quebec/en/person/irina-rish/.
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| 1:08.5 | podcast. I have Irina Rish. She's an associate professor in the Computer Science and Operations Research Department at the University of Montreal |
| 1:16.5 | and we're going to be talking about AI related topics. So Arena, thanks for coming how you doing. |
| 1:23.0 | Well, thank you for inviting me. |
| 1:25.0 | It's a fascinating topic to talk about and I'm looking forward to your questions. |
| 1:32.0 | Yeah, tell me what is it that you're researching? |
| 1:34.7 | What are you working on? |
| 1:35.7 | Well, I'm working on intersection between artificial intelligence |
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