The Symbiotic Nature of AI and Neuroscience

Neuroscience and artificial intelligence (AI) are two very different scientific disciplines. Neuroscience traces back to ancient civilizations, and AI is a decidedly modern phenomenon. At a cursory glance, it would seem that a branch of science of living systems would have little in common with one that springs from inanimate machines wholly created by humans. Yet discoveries in one field may result in breakthroughs in the other-- the two fields share a significant problem, and future opportunities. The origins of modern neuroscience is rooted in ancient human civilizations. One of the first descriptions of the brain's structure and neurosurgery can be traced back to 3000 - 2500 B.C. largely due to the efforts of the American Egyptologist Edwin Smith.