MIT 9.11: The Human Brain (Spring 2018) • Hacker News Board

Re: MIT 9.11: The Human Brain (Spring 2018)

#11

Post by eduren » Sun, Jun 03, 2018, 12:43 AM UTC

Loving the lectures so far. Wondering if the assignments and readings are available somewhere, I haven't been able to find them.

Re: MIT 9.11: The Human Brain (Spring 2018)

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Post by JamilD » Sun, Jun 03, 2018, 12:54 AM UTC

MIT’s Center for Brains, Minds, and Machines (CBMM) YouTube channel is a gold mine of interesting videos at the intersection of ML, neuroscience, and cognitive science. It’s definitely worth checking out.

Re: MIT 9.11: The Human Brain (Spring 2018)

#13

Post by robg » Sun, Jun 03, 2018, 1:14 AM UTC

Now where did I put my user manual?

Re: MIT 9.11: The Human Brain (Spring 2018)

#14

Post by flor1s » Sun, Jun 03, 2018, 1:19 AM UTC

heckanoobs wrote: post #7

Watched about an hour so far and this is fabulous. The talks very clearly outline the bounds of the problem space (known and unknown) and then start going region to region. The goal is to perceive the texture of the knowledge domain. This is my favorite way to learn about a subject. Looks like it's gonna be a nerdy Saturday night binge watching these. Too bad there isn't a Netflix for this kind of stuff

Not quite the Netflix of online lectures, but there is http://videolectures.net. Quite some good stuff on there, e.g. lectures and conference videos on AI and robotics. The website feels very web 1.0 though.

Re: MIT 9.11: The Human Brain (Spring 2018)

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Post by lghh » Sun, Jun 03, 2018, 1:25 AM UTC

m_herrlich wrote: post #9

The typo on the second slide, "Marr's Level's of analysis" kinda jumps out doesn't it?

Not really, and it doesn't distract from the content in any meaningful way.

Re: MIT 9.11: The Human Brain (Spring 2018)

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Post by bra-ket » Sun, Jun 03, 2018, 2:34 AM UTC

Also see https://github.com/analyticalmonk/awesome-neuroscience

Re: MIT 9.11: The Human Brain (Spring 2018)

#17

Post by fermienrico » Sun, Jun 03, 2018, 2:44 AM UTC

Thank you, this is the most incredible thing ever. From the introductory video, Nancy is an amazing speaker on such an interesting topic. I've just ordered pizza. I couldn't be more excited.

Thank you again.

Re: MIT 9.11: The Human Brain (Spring 2018)

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Post by barftransit » Sun, Jun 03, 2018, 2:49 AM UTC

fermienrico wrote: post #17

Thank you, this is the most incredible thing ever. From the introductory video, Nancy is an amazing speaker on such an interesting topic. I've just ordered pizza. I couldn't be more excited. Thank you again.

Pizza is bad for your brain. Call for refund now

Re: MIT 9.11: The Human Brain (Spring 2018)

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Post by dsnuh » Sun, Jun 03, 2018, 2:54 AM UTC

heckanoobs wrote: post #7

Watched about an hour so far and this is fabulous. The talks very clearly outline the bounds of the problem space (known and unknown) and then start going region to region. The goal is to perceive the texture of the knowledge domain. This is my favorite way to learn about a subject. Looks like it's gonna be a nerdy Saturday night binge watching these. Too bad there isn't a Netflix for this kind of stuff

If you have Amazon Prime, they offer a channel called The Great Courses that I believe still has a free trial. It has lots of high quality lectures on a wide range of topics.

Re: MIT 9.11: The Human Brain (Spring 2018)

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Post by mhneu » Sun, Jun 03, 2018, 3:36 AM UTC

ghaff wrote: post #3

There's a long history of really great MIT intro (or relatively so) psychology/brain science courses. Back in the 1970s, the intro course was a hugely popular lecture taught by the head of the department.

In the 1990s, that class was taught by Jeremy Wolfe. Then for several years by Steven Pinker.

Both excellent lecturers.