UNIQUE Center Neuro-AI
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UNIQUE is a cutting-edge Neuro-AI research center with leading AI & Neuroscience researchers & students across Quebec & beyond. 👉 https://t.co/4IAz1iz7zC
Québec, Canada
Joined November 2019
New paper: "Large Language Models & Emergence: A Complex Systems Perspective" (D. Krakauer, J. Krakauer, M. Mitchell). We look at claims of "emergent capabilities" & "emergent intelligence" in LLMs from perspective of what emergence means in complexity science. ⬇️
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I’ve been training neural nets for 30 years. There was never a day I didn’t wish I had more compute. Finding solutions to problems just means we can now solve bigger problems and that is very exciting! I am finding the hype followed by panic this month to be rather
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Last chance to register! 👇👇
LAST CHANCE to register for MAIN 2024! Registration deadline is tomorrow Saturday midday (ET), but we are likely to close sooner as we are nearly at full capacity! 👉 https://t.co/TehYao4Ke9 See you on Tuesday! 🐼 #MAIN2024
#Neuroscience
#AIart
#Montreal
#Quebec
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Last 24h to register for MAIN 2024 happening in Montreal next week! 👉 https://t.co/6galkZoiLb Also check-out the Educational day on Oct 25th (which requires separate registration). 🧠 🤖 🥯 🐼 #Neuroscience #AI #Montreal
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MAIN 2024 / Please share! 👉 Registration + Abstract submission for Montreal #AI & #Neuroscience are open ! Join us for an in-person meeting in Montreal October 22-25th ! Register now (limited space): 👉 https://t.co/aP1Jc1kKd7 🐼 Abstract submission: 15 Oct! (Audio on)
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Please share this announcement + check out the program on our website: https://t.co/1mvpyG9Ysj This is an in-person event organized by UNIQUE center @ai_unique at Université de Montréal @UMontreal powered by @FRQ_NT 🙏 Selected lectures might be streamed live. More info soon!
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Breaking News: Registration + Abstract submission for Montreal #AI & #Neuroscience (MAIN 2024) are now open ! 🎉🎉 Join us for an in-person meeting in Montreal October 22-25th ! Register now (limited space): 👉 https://t.co/1mvpyGawhR Abstract submission deadline: 15 Oct!
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An excellent thread by @anilkseth on the (im)probability of Conscious AI, Computational Functionalism and much more! (The discussions at @theASSC in Tokyo next week are going to be fun!) 👇👇
1/🧵 New (long) preprint: Biological naturalism and conscious artificial intelligence. In which I explore the prospects for, and pitfalls of, AI that is, or irresistibly appears to be, conscious. @sussexcentre .@CIFARnews
https://t.co/k2AXPoLLVT
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@CERVO_ULaval @CatherineDuclo6 @DynamicaLab Finally, thanks to all the USS2024 organizing committee and to the participants who came to Quebec city for the 5th edition of USS ! We hope to see you next year ✨🚀
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@CERVO_ULaval @CatherineDuclo6 @DynamicaLab And thanks to the speakers of the Neurotechnology and AI workshop 🤖🧠: @mcgillneurotech, Frederic Simard, Jean-Simon Boucher & Marc-Antoine Moinnereau (@Kaptics_)
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@CERVO_ULaval @CatherineDuclo6 @DynamicaLab Thanks to the panelists who provided interesting perspectives on important topics: @NazSepahvand, @dvnxmvl_hdf5, @LamaSaouma, William Leclerc, Julia Obergasteiger, Sarah-Julie Bouchard, Nathalie Sanon (@IVADO_Qc) & Adel A. (@MitacsCanada)
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@CERVO_ULaval @CatherineDuclo6 @DynamicaLab Thank you to all the student and post-doc speakers who accepted our invitation: Antoine Légaré, @cbouchard_22, Colin Bredenberg, @jnOByrne, Anwesha Bhattacharya, @Nima0Fathi,@Charlotte Maschke, @KiraDolhan
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@CERVO_ULaval @CatherineDuclo6 @DynamicaLab Our special thanks go to Millenium and CEREBRUM, who have enabled us to award prizes for posters and organize a number of social events providing opportunities for networking! 👉About Millenium: https://t.co/navrYg5doU 👉About CEREBRUM : https://t.co/u1vYEEb0FD
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USS2024 concludes! 🎉 Big thanks to @CERVO_ULaval for hosting and to our sponsors Millenium & CEREBRUM! Special appreciation to Dr. @CatherineDuclo6, Sebastien Tremblay, Flavie Lavoie-Cardinal, and Patrick Desrosiers (@DynamicaLab) for being our Keynotes! 📷 #USS2024
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📢USS2024: May 8-10 @ CERVO Brain research Center! ⏳Submit an abstract now: poster submission deadline is April 14! https://t.co/WD4l6nZN8Q 👉Register before April 17: https://t.co/hWmLYCmDAE 🗓️Schedule available on our website: https://t.co/Fqj4mpWpPq
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📢UNIQUE Student Symposium 2024: Limited places! If you are interested in Neuro-AI, join us on May 8-10 @ CERVO Brain research Center (Quebec City)! Bus and hotel available - see conditions 🧠 👉Register now: https://t.co/hWmLYCmDAE ⏳Poster submission: https://t.co/OghqavfMkD
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Provocative correspondence in Nature today: https://t.co/KEvfZXDVMD I have to admit that I don't really understand these arguments, though...
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Nature - Letter to the Editor
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Dissociating language and thought in large language models Feature Review by Kyle Mahowald (@kmahowald), Anna Ivanova (@neuranna), Idan Blank (@IbanDlank), Nancy Kanwisher (@Nancy_Kanwisher), Joshua Tenenbaum, & Evelina Fedorenko (@ev_fedorenko) https://t.co/J2sWZ3kWI2
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📢UNIQUE Student Symposium 2024 : Volunteer recruitment! The UNIQUE Students Committee is looking for motivated students and postdocs to help with the organization of USS24 ! 🧠 Fill out the application form before December 22nd 👉 https://t.co/gAQdfhOa9a
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🎉 Delighted to announce our end-of-year Neuro-AI celebration in Montreal with…🥁 Dr Nancy Kanwisher (MIT) Dr György Buzsáki (NYU) Dr Yoshua Bengio (UdeM/Mila) + Fun social event! 🎶 The event is in-person only. Registration is free but mandatory: 👉
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