6 papers
Principles of frugal inference and control
Itzel Olivos-Castillo, Paul Schrater, Xaq Pitkow
A central challenge for intelligent agents in an uncertain world is striking the right balance between utility maximization and resource use, not only for external movement but als…
Use and usability: concepts of representation in philosophy, neuroscience, cognitive science, and computer science
Ben Baker, Richard D. Lange, Andrew Richmond +4
Representations play a central role in the study of both biological and artificial intelligence, as well as philosophy of mind. Across neuroscience, computer science, and philosoph…
Cognitive Models and AI Algorithms Provide Templates for Designing Language Agents
Ryan Liu, Dilip Arumugam, Cedegao E. Zhang +3
While contemporary large language models (LLMs) are increasingly capable in isolation, there are still many difficult problems that lie beyond the abilities of a single LLM. For su…
Complexity and dynamics of partially symmetric random neural networks
Nimrod Sherf, Si Tang, Dylan Hafner +4
Neural circuits exhibit structured connectivity, including an overrepresentation of reciprocal connections between neuron pairs. Despite important advances, a full understanding of…
From Chaos to Coherence: Effects of High-Order Synaptic Correlations on Neural Dynamics
Nimrod Sherf, Xaq Pitkow, KreÅ¡imir JosiÄ +1
Recurrent Neural Network models have elucidated the interplay between structure and dynamics in biological neural networks, particularly the emergence of irregular and rhythmic act…
Attention when you need
Lokesh Boominathan, Yizhou Chen, Matthew McGinley +1
Being attentive to task-relevant features can improve task performance, but paying attention comes with its own metabolic cost. Therefore, strategic allocation of attention is cruc…