Adapting ideas from neuroscience for AI

Sign-up to download the forthcoming report: "Artificial Intelligence: Teaching Machines to Think Like People," by Jack Clark. This interview is one in a series of interviews that will be featured in the report. A better understanding of the reasons why neurons spike could lead to smart AI systems that can store more information more efficiently, according to Geoff Hinton, who is often referred to as the "godfather" of deep learning. Geoff Hinton is an emeritus distinguished professor at the University of Toronto and an engineering fellow at Google. He is one of the pioneers of neural networks, and was part of the small group of academics that nursed the technology through a period of tepid interest, funding, and development.