Internal world models in humans, animals, and AI.

Journal: Neuron
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Abstract

How do brains-biological or artificial-respond and adapt to an ever-changing environment? In a recent meeting, experts from various fields of neuroscience and artificial intelligence met to discuss internal world models in brains and machines, arguing for an interdisciplinary approach to gain deeper insights into the underlying mechanisms.

Authors

  • Ilka Diester
    Optophysiology Lab, Institute of Biology III, Albert-Ludwigs-University, Freiburg, Germany.
  • Marlene Bartos
    BrainLinks-BrainTools//IMBIT, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; Bernstein Center Freiburg, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; Institute of Physiology I, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; Center for Basics in NeuroModulation (NeuroModulBasics), Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
  • Joschka Bödecker
    BrainLinks-BrainTools//IMBIT, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; Department of Computer Science, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
  • Adam Kortylewski
    BrainLinks-BrainTools//IMBIT, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; Department of Computer Science, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; Max Planck Institute for Informatics, Saarbruecken, Germany.
  • Christian Leibold
    BrainLinks-BrainTools//IMBIT, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; Bernstein Center Freiburg, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
  • Johannes Letzkus
    BrainLinks-BrainTools//IMBIT, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; Institute of Physiology I, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; Center for Basics in NeuroModulation (NeuroModulBasics), Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
  • Mathew M Nour
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Max Planck UCL Centre for Computational Psychiatry and Ageing Research, University College London, London, UK.
  • Monika Schönauer
    BrainLinks-BrainTools//IMBIT, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; Bernstein Center Freiburg, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; Institute of Psychology, Faculty of Economics and Behavioral Sciences, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
  • Andrew Straw
    Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; Bernstein Center Freiburg, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
  • Abhinav Valada
    BrainLinks-BrainTools//IMBIT, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; Department of Computer Science, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
  • Andreas Vlachos
    BrainLinks-BrainTools//IMBIT, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; Bernstein Center Freiburg, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; Center for Basics in NeuroModulation (NeuroModulBasics), Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
  • Thomas Brox