what-intelligent-machines-need-to-learn-from-the-neocortex

For example, when you think of your friend's face, a pattern of neural firing occurs in the neocortex that is similar to the one that occurs when you are actually seeing your friend's face. The neuron is responsible for learning, and the complexities of real neurons are what make it a powerful learning machine. Intelligent machines don't have to model all the complexity of biological neurons, but the capabilities enabled by dendrites and learning by rewiring are essential. Sparse representations: Brains and computers represent information quite differently.