Introduction to Hebbian Natural Abstractions

A neuroscientific-perspective on translating concepts between world-models as a way of solving value-learning.

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Nov 22, 2022

With this sequence, we (Sam + Jan) want to provide a principled derivation of the natural abstractions hypothesis (which we will introduce in-depth in later posts) by motivating it with insights from computational neuroscience.

You can find the intro post to the sequence over at Sam’s Newsletter.

A guest post by

Samuel Nellessen

Striving to make the world a better place. Interested in neuroscience (especially abstractions), artificial sentience, whole-brain emulation, AI alignment and all sorts of other stuff. Hit me up if you want to chat or collaborate on a post.

On Brains, Minds, And Their Possible Uses

Introduction to Hebbian Natural Abstractions

A neuroscientific-perspective on translating concepts between world-models as a way of solving value-learning.