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OUTLINE:

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(00:00) – Introduction

(07:12) – Beauty in neural networks

(11:31) – Darwin and evolution

(17:16) – The origin of intelligence

(23:58) – Explorations in cognition

(30:02) – Learning representations by back-propagating errors

(36:27) – Dave Rumelhart and cognitive modeling

(49:30) – Connectionism

(1:12:23) – Geoffrey Hinton

(1:14:19) – Learning in a neural network

(1:31:11) – Mathematics & reality

(1:38:19) – Modeling intelligence

(1:48:57) – Noam Chomsky and linguistic cognition

(2:03:18) – Advice for young people

(2:14:26) – Psychiatry and exploring the mind

(2:27:04) – Legacy

(2:32:53) – Meaning of life