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Huberman Lab #219 · November 18, 2024 · 2h 15m

How to Improve at Learning Using Neuroscience & AI

Terry Sejnowski

Salk Institute computational neuroscientist Terry Sejnowski — co-creator of the Boltzmann machine with Geoffrey Hinton — on how understanding the brain's learning algorithms can improve human learning. The same principles that drive AI also drive biological intelligence.

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Highlights

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The brain learns best during sleep — consolidation is where learning happens
Sejnowski: encoding happens during waking experience, but consolidation — the process that converts short-term memory into long-term knowledge — happens primarily during sleep. Sleep deprivation doesn't just cause fatigue; it prevents learning.
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Misc

✧Sejnowski co-created the Boltzmann machine with Geoffrey Hinton in 1985 — a foundational architecture for modern deep learning
✧His 'Learning How to Learn' Coursera course has 3+ million enrolled students
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