How Intelligence – Both Human and Artificial – Happens
We talk to San Francisco State psychologist Gaurav Suri and Stanford's Jay McClelland about how neural networks work in our brains, and in AI.
October 22, 2025
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How Intelligence – Both Human and Artificial – Happens
Summary
How exactly does the mind work? How do we learn and make decisions? And how does that compare to the way AI thinks? In their new book, “The Emergent Mind: How Intelligence Arises in People and Machines,” San Francisco State psychologist Gaurav Suri and Stanford’s Jay McClelland examine how neural networks work in our brains, and in AI.
Guests:
Gaurav Suri, computational neuroscientist and professor, San Francisco State University
Jay McClelland, professor and director of the Center for Mind, Brain, Computation and Technology, Stanford University
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