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Episode 222 · September 20, 2021

#222 – Jay McClelland: Neural Networks and the Emergence of Cognition

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(00:00) – Introduction

(07:12) – Beauty in neural networks

#222 – Jay McClelland: Neural Networks and the Emergence of Cognition

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