@Ylecun perpetuates false dichotomy here, between nature & nurture, without presenting data. Is there any evidence primates have fewer innate priors than mountain goats? Any proof that more innate priors actually entails less adaptivity? Better priors can yield *better* learning.https://twitter.com/ylecun/status/1180171721481113602 …
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Convolutions are a result of the networked computation, thresholds, frequencies and integrations. All living creatures use similar principles. It depends on the niche if it makes "sense", as that's where they are shaped. Change in environment makes the best prior meaningless, no?
and yes, change in environment can sometimes make a prior less useful, e.g. widespread availability of sugar/fat relative to ancestrally-evolved taste preferences.
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Right. And the pattern recognition preparedness/prior regarding snake-shaped things on the floor. Another more general prior = light-from-above (Ramachandran). Holds true for mammals etc and plants, too.
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yes that’s a prior that allows us to be adaptive in this world
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