Toviah Moldwin
@TMoldwin
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Computational neuroscientist @ELSCbrain @Segev_Lab. Singer and guitarist for the rock band @SynfireChain. Dualist. Founder, https://t.co/YMBvt487lT.
Joined April 2019
Our work elaborating on, simplifying, and extending earlier formulations of the dynamics of calcium-based plasticity has been published in JOCN. Bottom line is 'calcium tells the synaptic weight where it's going and how fast it gets there.' Link in comment.
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In the conversation about the dissatisfaction of young people with capitalism, need to factor in the low marriage rate. Singles like cities not suburbs; most cities stifle housing expansion. So home ownership rates are low and young people (in cities) pay high rents.
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this myth is a pet peeve of mine. yes, infant mortality used to be extremely high, and yes, that dragged down avg life expectancy but that does *not* mean that ppl had modern lifespans if they merely survived childhood. mortality rates in the past were higher *for all ages*
The average life expectancy was low because it was dragged down by high infant mortality. If you survived childhood you were likely to live quite long. The idea people dropped like flies before 40 is a misconception that falls apart with quick research. Also most people with
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Can someone please invent a laptop like this (screen on rails)? Monitors are supposed to be face height, keyboards lap height.
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Is there some sort of good canonical set of statistical rules for cortical connectivity between cell types? (Also including thalamus) Not necessarily exact numbers but statistics, e.g. probability of spiny stellate connection to a L5PC cell is X. @itamarlandau
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Artificial neural networks were invented as models of the brain and and now rapidly approach human-level cognition. Does this mean that the mystery of human intelligence has been solved? I grapple with this question here. https://t.co/dfm8cupLpN
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Neurons transmit signals through synaptic vesicle release, but the nanoscale dynamics of this process have been unclear. In a new Science study, researchers report using time-resolved cryo–electron tomography to visualize synaptic vesicle dynamics in situ and propose a unified
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This is incredible. Never seen CGI physics this clean (not AI).
here is the paper: https://t.co/9pT6me9S2g yt video: https://t.co/TW62TGE4Vf
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Someone needs to make the 'Are you smarter than an AI?' TV show already.
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Nature Communications asked me to review for them. I said, "sure, for $500." Let's see how this plays out.
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NEURON 9.0 is available now! See what's new at: https://t.co/ecMxVVnJ2V Installation instructions at
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NEURON Simulator. Contribute to neuronsimulator/nrn development by creating an account on GitHub.
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If you have shoulder/neck/levator scapula pain, this might be part of the reason why
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I don't know who needs to hear this but if your chair has arms, it's not ergonomic (for typing).
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Is there a good online course with coding assignments for cutting edge modern ML/AI stuff (LLMs, GenAI, vector dbs, etc.) for someone with a background in old school (pre-2020) ML?
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Random neural tuning curves yield hyper-accurate coding: https://t.co/59vBlSUK58 With Simone Blano Malerba @SimoneBlanco6, Mirko Pieropan, and Yoram Burak @yoramburak.
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(I don't mean to say that current AI is capable of doing all these things as well as academics can. But it already can do some of them and will only get better as time goes on.)
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I think academia is in denial about how obsolete it's about to be. AI lowers the demand for human expertise across the board. Anything that you want to know, AI can just explain to you in real time, with infinite patience and for arbitrary levels of background knowledge. Any
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